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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. According to Huxley, what causes negative visionary experiences?
(a) A negative outlook on life.
(b) The way that mescalin is broken down in the body.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) An allergy to mescalin.

2. What is the subject of most of La Tour's paintings?
(a) Women performing daily tasks.
(b) Landscapes and nature.
(c) Still-life images of fruit and flowers.
(d) An object seen by the light of a single candle.

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

4. Why do people sometimes leave flowers as a religious offering, according to the author?
(a) Because they don't really understand the significance of doing so.
(b) Because they feel, on some level, that they are giving back something which is indigenous to Heaven.
(c) Because they are a living sacrifice but not associated with feelings of guilt and shame the way other sacrifices are.
(d) Because they don't have anything precious to give, but flowers are always available.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what are the two reasons for the manner in which visionaries are received?

2. In what way does the second essay differ from the first?

3. What does the author say at the end of Appendix 4 about the relationship between an artist's character and their work?

4. How did "pyrotechny" begin in Europe, according to the author?

5. According to the author, who might the old man be in the painting by La Tour referenced at the end of Appendix 4?

(see the answer key)

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