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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?
(a) All of these.
(b) They confuse the ideas of beauty.
(c) They show use ourselves.
(d) They are hard on the heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scarry feel about Matisse's ideas?

2. What kind of tree did Matisse always hate?

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

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

5. Who wrote about Odysseus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Scarry include her experience of seeing an owl in this book?

2. What does Scarry say about the back and forth ideas about beauty?

3. What does Scarry say made her love certain trees and hate others?

4. What is the first error of beauty explained by Scarry?

5. For what is Matisse known?

6. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

7. What does Scarry say about the metaphysical qualities of beauty?

8. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

9. What motif did Scarry notice in Matisse's work?

10. Why does Scarry say some people do not defend beauty?

(see the answer keys)

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