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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What can never be harmful?
(a) Giving pleasure to others.
(b) Being beautiful.
(c) Seeking for beautiful things.
(d) Reading about beauty.
2. Why do people seek out beauty?
(a) They want to lighten their load.
(b) They want to see if it exists.
(c) They want to become beautiful.
(d) They want to add it to the world.
3. What does Scarry say confirms the life of gardens?
(a) Admiring their beauty.
(b) Caring for the plants there.
(c) Pulling weeds.
(d) Helping plants reproduce.
4. What does Scarry like about the term with the dual meaning?
(a) It leaves room for error.
(b) It has symmetry.
(c) It is always changing.
(d) It proves her point.
5. What is the first phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Mid-Century writers.
(b) Baroque writers.
(c) Contemporary writers.
(d) Classic philosophers.
6. What is uneven in the world?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Education.
(c) All of these.
(d) Aesthetics.
7. What does Scarry say about the demotion of beauty?
(a) It is dangerous.
(b) It is ineffective.
(c) It is plausible.
(d) It is incoherent.
8. What does Scarry say was removed from beauty with its demotion?
(a) Its metaphysical qualities.
(b) Its educational qualities.
(c) Its widespread diversity.
(d) Its good effects.
9. Which of these is one of the mental actions Scarry says beauty inspires?
(a) Computing.
(b) Receiving.
(c) Perceiving.
(d) Judging.
10. What is Scarry's hope for the next generation?
(a) They find true justice.
(b) They appreciate beauty.
(c) They reinstate beauty into religion.
(d) They they understand her words.
11. What is different about the searches for beauty than other searches?
(a) People are not distracted by beauty.
(b) People don't ever find beauty.
(c) People cannot build beauty.
(d) People want to share beauty.
12. What mid-century writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Sion.
(b) Simon.
(c) Sim.
(d) Simone.
13. What is negative about the widespread definition of beauty?
(a) It is not given credit for its good.
(b) It is marked by what it cannot do.
(c) It is not detailed enough.
(d) It is too detailed.
14. Who wanted to banish beauty in the 20th Century?
(a) Priests.
(b) Ugly people.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Critics.
15. What symbolizes social justice for Scarry?
(a) The sky.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The earth.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does a bad vase give value to something else?
2. What kind of argument was used when Scarry described what beauty could not do?
3. What did Andreas write about?
4. What is the normal distinction between beauty and deity?
5. Who introduced the concept that led to the demotion of beauty?
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