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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. Which one of these is one of the errors in beauty listed in this book?
(a) The self indulgence of it.
(b) Attributes being unevenly noted.
(c) The variety of perspectives.
(d) All the abuse it causes.

2. Why was Voroccio important to Da Vinci?
(a) He had an affair with Da Vinci.
(b) He was a father figure to Da Vinci.
(c) He tutored under Da Vinci.
(d) He inspired Da Vinci.

3. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?
(a) The impulse to improve one's self.
(b) The impulse to beget.
(c) The impulse to write.
(d) The impulse to find beauty.

4. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Bethany.
(d) Brittany.

5. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?
(a) Religious.
(b) Theoretical.
(c) Political.
(d) Generational.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted "The Morning Session"?

2. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?

3. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?

4. To what kind of craving does Scarry compare beauty?

5. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?

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