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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Morning Session" painted?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1924.

2. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?
(a) Originals.
(b) Prints.
(c) Catalogues.
(d) Glices.

3. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?
(a) Dickinson.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

5. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?
(a) They confuse the ideas of beauty.
(b) They are hard on the heart.
(c) They show use ourselves.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Scarry first see beauty in a certain tree?

2. What kind of writing from Danto is cited in this book?

3. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?

4. How did Da Vinci create beauty?

5. Where did Matisse do most of his work?

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