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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 does Scarry say about the demotion of beauty?

2. What baroque writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

3. What did those who wanted to banish beauty think was wrong with it?

4. What about beauty did those wanting to banish it say was destructive?

5. What country did the contemporary writer tell about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the double meaning of fairness?

6. What does Scarry say about gardens?

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

8. How does Scarry end this book?

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

10. What did Augustine say all people sought after?

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

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

What was Scarry's relationship with God, and what led to this? How did she maintain this in her life?

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