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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the first technique in Appendix 1 even less understood than mescalin use?
(a) There's a lot of variation in what people see while using this technique.
(b) Its specific effects on the brain are not well understood.
(c) No research has been performed to determine its long-term effects.
(d) It is used by very few people in comparison to mescalin.

3. Why is it important that people can sometimes be hypnotized by gemstones?
(a) It gets psychiatrists another step closer to understanding how hypnotism works.
(b) It shows the power that art has over the human mind.
(c) It demonstrates the suggestibility of humans.
(d) It offers another way for people to achieve the same results that they would get with drugs.

4. To what researcher does the author refer when commenting on the first technique in Appendix 1?
(a) Tamachi.
(b) Klein.
(c) Meduna.
(d) Kristoff.

5. Which physiological system's tissues are more "vulnerable," according to the author, than the others?
(a) The nervous system.
(b) The gastrointestinal system.
(c) The cardiovascular system.
(d) The limbic system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What materials were often used for self-flagellation?

2. What does the author wonder about the neurological patterns produced during visionary experiences at the end of Appendix 1?

3. Why does the author feel that La Tour's art is religious?

4. According to the author, what did one subject see while under the effects of mescalin and the second technique described in Appendix 1?

5. According to the author, what did Ben Jonson fail to understand about theatrical spectacle?

(see the answer key)

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