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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Scarry find a motif?

2. How does Scarry say education helps beauty?

3. What is Scarry's first conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

4. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of change in beauty is hardest for Scarry to deal with and why?

2. For what is Matisse known?

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

4. What part of Odysseus does Scarry include in this book, and why?

5. What realization came to Scarry by studying Matisse's works?

6. What does Scarry say happens when the desire for beauty fades?

7. Why did Plato say people had children?

8. What does Scarry say many philosophers have a hard time defining?

9. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the errors in beauty mentioned by Scarry, and how do you think they can be overcome?

Essay Topic 2

How are the beautiful and the sublime separated according to Scarry?

Essay Topic 3

What does Scarry say about beauty's effect on society? What are your feelings on this?

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