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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. Who painted "The Morning Session"?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Scarry.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Matisse.

2. What kind of writing from Danto is cited in this book?
(a) A couplet.
(b) An anthem.
(c) A song.
(d) A sonnet.

3. Who wrote about Odysseus?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Heracles.

4. What is Scarry's second conclusion about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Beauty is life saving.
(b) Beauty is sacred if it is mortal.
(c) Beauty is new.
(d) Beauty is sacred if it is immortal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?

2. When was "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" created?

3. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?

4. Where did Proust see the most beauty?

5. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?

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