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

2. What comes from perfect justice?

3. What does beauty urge people to do in a good way?

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

5. What does beauty give us access to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Scarry say about gardens?

4. Why do some people feel beauty is not earned?

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

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

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

8. What does Scarry say about the bad vase?

9. What does Scarry say about critics of beauty?

10. What did Plato say about the beauty of one?

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

How are the beautiful and the sublime separated according to Scarry?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in this collection, and where does it appear? How was the tone altered by the presence of these symbols?

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