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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Beauty and Being Fair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contemporary writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Erete.
(b) Efete.
(c) Ekete.
(d) Eshete.

2. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her nudity.
(c) Her gentility.
(d) Her strength.

3. What does Scarry like about the term with the dual meaning?
(a) It has symmetry.
(b) It proves her point.
(c) It leaves room for error.
(d) It is always changing.

4. What does Scarry say beautiful does NOT always include?
(a) The truth.
(b) The right.
(c) The future.
(d) The brave.

5. What does an onlooker of beauty often wish?
(a) To trade places with the beautiful being.
(b) To enhance their own lives.
(c) To stay there a little longer.
(d) To create something as beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?

2. How many conclusions did Scarry have about Odysseus's visit?

3. Which of these 'nots' is NOT associated with beauty?

4. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?

5. What symbolizes social justice for Scarry?

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