The Doors of Perception, and Heaven and Hell Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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The Doors of Perception, and Heaven and Hell Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about La Tour's paintings, according to the author?
(a) All of his paintings are monochromatic.
(b) He didn't use the proper colors for things.
(c) The subjects don't do anything. They are simply there.
(d) He did most of them at a very young age.

2. What is Heaven, according to the author?
(a) A fallacy, created by those who misinterpreted visionary experiences.
(b) A concept invented by humanity because of our desperate need for hope.
(c) A place of rest and repose, where no one is doing anything.
(d) A vantage point for viewing divinity.

3. Why was Holy Week such an effective spiritual practice, according to the author?
(a) Because the faithful were gathered in large groups for the services.
(b) Because it worked upon the penitents' feelings of guilt.
(c) Because there is vivid and graphic mythology associated with it.
(d) Because it was preceded by Lent.

4. To what does the author compare someone fasting and self-flagellating, instead of using drugs, to achieve a visionary experience?
(a) Burning down a house to roast a pig.
(b) Tying your hands together and trying to knit.
(c) Rowing a boat, or using a motor.
(d) Driving somewhere instead of flying there.

5. In what way does the second essay differ from the first?
(a) The second was originally a journal entry, and the author didn't intend to publish it.
(b) The second essay has a darker, more sinister tone than the first.
(c) The second was written before the author's experimentation with drugs.
(d) The second doesn't recount any specific experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of La Tour's paintings does the author mention by name at the end of Appendix 4?

2. Which physiological system's tissues are more "vulnerable," according to the author, than the others?

3. What phrase does the author use at the beginning of Appendix 7 to describe Gericault?

4. Which of these is NOT a specialist who the author feels should be consulted by an aspiring mystic?

5. What is the potential danger of the second technique described in Appendix 1?

(see the answer key)

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