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

2. What do unharmed poems prove?

3. What does Scarry use a cube to prove?

4. Who introduced the concept that led to the demotion of beauty?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What mental actions does Scarry write about, and what do they cause?

2. How does Scarry say most people feel when they admire beauty in others?

3. What did Edmund Burke do to start the demotion of beauty?

4. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

5. What does Scarry say about critics of beauty?

6. What does Scarry say is different about people searching for beauty?

7. What about beauty did Scarry's critics say was destructive?

8. What is the double meaning of fairness?

9. What does Scarry say about beauty leading to urges?

10. What does Scarry always include in her writing and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the errors in beauty mentioned by Scarry, and how do you think they can be overcome?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What were some of the analogies Scarry used when teaching about beauty, and how did they affect the audiences who heard them?

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