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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 the final phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

2. What kind of life does Scarry want to make beautiful?

3. Those who wanted to banish beauty wanted to keep beauty out of ___________.

4. What specific plat type does Scarry refer to when talking about gardens?

5. Where does Scarry say the desire for social good manifests itself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

2. What does Scarry say comes to a community before justice?

3. What did critics of beauty in Scarry's time say about beauty?

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

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

6. What does Scarry say about critics of beauty?

7. What does Scarry say about the bad vase?

8. What did Augustine say all people sought after?

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

10. What did Anrdreas Eshete write about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What was the analogy of the garden, and what message was sent through that analogy?

Essay Topic 3

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

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