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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. How does Scarry say education helps beauty?
(a) It brings out the inner beauty.
(b) It stops people from settling for ugliness.
(c) It has continual creation.
(d) It teaches other to be lovely.

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

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

4. How many conclusions did Scarry have about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

5. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?
(a) Visual errors.
(b) Religious error.
(c) Philosophical errors.
(d) Intellectual errors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Plato say really caused children?

2. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?

3. Scarry says most beauty is what kind of event?

4. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?

5. Why does Scarry say a certain tree loses its beauty?

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