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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 led to beauty being trapped in a particular realm?

2. What symbolizes social justice for Scarry?

3. What does the vulnerable person who admires beauty risk?

4. What does an onlooker of beauty often wish?

5. Scarry's doubtful friend agreed with the idea that ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the double meaning of fairness?

2. What does Scarry say is the normal distinction between the sublime and the beautiful?

3. What does Scarry say can never be harmful to humans, and why?

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

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

6. With what does the search for beauty make a compact?

7. What did Anrdreas Eshete write about?

8. Where does Scarry see the most vulnerability in beauty being admired?

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

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

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

How did Scarry feel about nature, and why did this set her apart from most of the other people in society at the time?`

Essay Topic 3

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

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