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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the searches for beauty than other searches?

2. How many phases does Scarry use to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

3. What complaints against beauty bother Scarry the most?

4. What is uneven in the world?

5. What is the last kind of perception described in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarry say about gardens?

2. What does Scarry not like about the negative arguments against beauty?

3. Where does Scarry see the most vulnerability in beauty being admired?

4. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

5. What did Augustine say all people sought after?

6. With what does the search for beauty make a compact?

7. What are the two perceptions of beauty Scarry talks about, and how do they differ?

8. How does Scarry end this book?

9. What did Anrdreas Eshete write about?

10. What does Scarry say about critics of beauty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do some people want to banish beauty in educational facilities, and what effect do you think this would have on those facilities?

Essay Topic 2

What were the four examples Scarry used to claim that beauty causes no harm, and how were they used?

Essay Topic 3

How were your thoughts on beauty changed while reading this book, and why?

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