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

2. What is different about the searches for beauty than other searches?
(a) People don't ever find beauty.
(b) People are not distracted by beauty.
(c) People want to share beauty.
(d) People cannot build beauty.

3. What does Scarry say the general attitude about beauty indicates in society?
(a) The need for religion.
(b) The strange directional challenges.
(c) The pliancy of consciousness.
(d) The worsening of morals.

4. What about beauty did those wanting to banish it say was destructive?
(a) People's striving for it.
(b) All of these.
(c) People's attention on it.
(d) People's gaze on it.

5. What does Scarry say confirms the life of gardens?
(a) Pulling weeds.
(b) Helping plants reproduce.
(c) Admiring their beauty.
(d) Caring for the plants there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

2. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?

3. How does a bad vase give value to something else?

4. What is the second of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?

5. What does Scarry say validates the existence of some things?

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