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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. What was Matisse's occupation?

2. What does Matisse blame for her preference in trees?

3. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?

4. What does Scarry say beautiful does NOT always include?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

3. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

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

5. How does Scarry say that visual art is replicated?

6. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?

7. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

8. What did Proust want to spend his life doing, and why?

9. What shocked Scarry about seeing a real owl?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where does vulnerability fit in with beauty and the admiration of it, according to Scarry? What are your thoughts on this thesis?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the limitations of beauty according to this book, and what examples of these can you see in every day life?

Essay Topic 3

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

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