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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 two techniques, according to the author, can produce effects similar to those of mescalin?
(a) Fasting and sensory deprivation.
(b) Hypnosis and fasting.
(c) Meditation and sensory deprivation.
(d) Fasting and meditation.

2. Upon what evidence does the author base his estimation of the way in which Gericault saw the world?
(a) Journals and letters written by Gericault himself.
(b) The accounts of Gericault's friends.
(c) The desperate tenor of Gericault's paintings.
(d) The uneasiness the author felt when looking at Gericault's work.

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

4. What does the candle light do for La Tour's paintings, according to the author?
(a) Stresses the importance and divinity of something simply existing.
(b) Makes them different from other painter's works, even when the subjects are similar.
(c) Allows La Tour to make the background of his paintings dark, and therefore less detailed.
(d) Creates a unique way to light and shade the subjects.

5. What was the style of the new Art of Versailles, according to the author?
(a) Classical.
(b) Cubist.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Impressionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest point of the transformation the author discusses in Appendix 6?

2. Where is Gericault's "Horse Startled by Lightning" displayed, according to the author?

3. What does the author say La Tour paints, at the end of Appendix 4?

4. Why are marble and stone often particularly impressive materials in art?

5. Why is it important that people can sometimes be hypnotized by gemstones?

(see the answer key)

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