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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 NOT always found with beauty?

2. What does beauty unseen improve?

3. What kind of argument was used when Scarry described what beauty could not do?

4. What do unharmed poems prove?

5. What kind of pressure does beauty cause?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What feeling do most people achieve when they seek beauty?

6. With what does the search for beauty make a compact?

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

8. What did Anrdreas Eshete write about?

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

10. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the limitations of beauty according to this book, and what examples of these can you see in every day life?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How did the selection of quotes chosen by Scarry work together to make this book effective and significant?

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