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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 is every person seeking?

2. How many kinds of perception does Scarry talk about in this book?

3. Beauty was demoted from ______________.

4. What is the first of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?

5. What concept did Edmund Burke write about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarry use as her examples against those who said beauty was bad?

2. What does Scarry not like about the negative arguments against beauty?

3. What mental actions does Scarry write about, and what do they cause?

4. What feeling do most people achieve when they seek beauty?

5. What does Scarry say is different about people searching for beauty?

6. What did Rilke salute with his words on beauty and justice?

7. What did Edmund Burke do to start the demotion of beauty?

8. How does Scarry feel about the political implications on beauty in her time?

9. What does Scarry say comes to a community before justice?

10. Why do some people feel beauty is not earned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Elaine Scarry presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism differ from the normal ideals of people?

Essay Topic 3

How were your thoughts on beauty changed while reading this book, and why?

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