On Beauty and Being Just Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Elaine Scarry
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On Beauty and Being Just Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Elaine Scarry
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Proust see the most beauty?
(a) In generalities.
(b) In landscapes.
(c) In particulars.
(d) In ideas.

2. What did Proust want to stay in front of forever?
(a) The grave of his wife.
(b) A mirror.
(c) An image of a girl serving milk.
(d) A self portrait.

3. What shocked Scarry about the bird in the tree?
(a) It was not how she thought it would be.
(b) It was larger than life.
(c) It was scary.
(d) It was beautiful.

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

5. Why did Matisse have the fear she did?
(a) She had ignored subtle beauties.
(b) She heard someone praise a shell she thought was ugly.
(c) She watched ivy vines slowly kill a tree.
(d) She saw a rose die.

6. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?
(a) Pride.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Replication.
(d) Anonymity.

7. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?
(a) Agreeable opinions.
(b) Cultural differences.
(c) Love.
(d) Happy memories.

8. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?
(a) She gives her own experiences.
(b) She interviews other leaders.
(c) She cites studies.
(d) She quotes old philosophers.

9. What kind of tree did Matisse love?
(a) Maple.
(b) Oak.
(c) Palm.
(d) Sycamore.

10. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?
(a) It goes back and forth.
(b) It is productive.
(c) It is destructive.
(d) It causes both harm and damage.

11. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?
(a) The arts.
(b) People.
(c) Objects.
(d) Objectification.

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

13. What does Matisse say her preference in trees kept her from doing?
(a) Seeing beauty all around.
(b) Believing others ideas.
(c) Accepting other cultures.
(d) Living a full life.

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

15. What is a motif?
(a) A way of expression.
(b) A theme.
(c) A kind of poem.
(d) A repeated pattern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree did Matisse always hate?

2. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?

3. Why does Scarry think Matisse will reach more people than her?

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

5. What is Scarry's third conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

(see the answer keys)

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