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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 does beauty unseen improve?

2. What is the third phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

3. What contemporary writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

4. What did Scarry salute?

5. What did Andreas write about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Anrdreas Eshete write about?

3. What did critics of beauty in Scarry's time say about beauty?

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

5. How does Scarry say most people feel when they admire beauty in others?

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

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

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

9. What did Plato say about the beauty of one?

10. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

What were the four examples Scarry used to claim that beauty causes no harm, and how were they used?

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