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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. Beauty was demoted from ______________.

2. How does a bad vase give value to something else?

3. What is a God impervious to according to Scarry?

4. What is Scarry's hope for the next generation?

5. What is the third phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Scarry say about gardens?

3. What does Scarry say about critics of beauty?

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

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

6. What does Scarry say most people want when they search for things?

7. How does Scarry feel about the political implications on beauty in her time?

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

9. What did Rilke salute with his words on beauty and justice?

10. What does Scarry say can never be harmful to humans, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Scarry feel about nature, and why did this set her apart from most of the other people in society at the time?`

Essay Topic 2

Where does vulnerability fit in with beauty and the admiration of it, according to Scarry? What are your thoughts on this thesis?

Essay Topic 3

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

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