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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 is the fourth of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?
(a) Gods.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Persons.
(d) Poems.

2. How many kinds of perception does Scarry talk about in this book?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. How does Scarry say she feels when she stops craving beauty?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Betrayed.

4. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?
(a) Image.
(b) Vision.
(c) Touch.
(d) Dreaming.

5. How does a bad vase give value to something else?
(a) It doesn't detract from beauty.
(b) It provides opposition.
(c) It lowers the standards.
(d) It allows the maker practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Da Vinci create beauty?

2. What does an onlooker of beauty often wish?

3. What did Scarry salute?

4. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?

5. Where did Matisse do most of his work?

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