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

Elaine Scarry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Elaine Scarry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 kind of limitation does Scarry say keeps most people from seeing beauty?

2. What kind of moment does Scarry say precedes most errors?

3. How does Scarry say she feels when she stops craving beauty?

4. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?

5. What did Plato say really caused children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocked Scarry about seeing a real owl?

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

3. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

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

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

6. What does Scarry say errors in beauty really show us?

7. What happened to the humanities in the 1990's?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in this collection, and where does it appear? How was the tone altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the analogies Scarry used when teaching about beauty, and how did they affect the audiences who heard them?

Essay Topic 3

Why do some people want to banish beauty in educational facilities, and what effect do you think this would have on those facilities?

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