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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 topic does the author explore in Appendix 2?
(a) The uncommon accuracy with which most visionaries are able to recall their visions.
(b) The availability and safety of various vision-inducing techniques.
(c) The role of visionaries and mystics in the modern Western world.
(d) The personality traits common to most visionaries and mystics.

2. What does the author note about the background of Gericault's "The Derby"?
(a) It doesn't match the tone of the painting and its subjects.
(b) It is too light.
(c) It is very dark.
(d) It is unnaturally colored.

3. What is the second technique, described by the author in Appendix 1, for inducing a visionary state?
(a) Use of various sound frequencies.
(b) Use of a repetitive hand movement.
(c) Use of ambient music.
(d) Use of a stroboscopic lamp.

4. The first painter mentioned in Appendix IV was the appointed artist to the king of what nation?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Portugal.
(d) England.

5. What was a magic lantern show?
(a) A projection created with cut-glass and candlelight.
(b) An early fireworks display.
(c) The nineteenth-century equivalent of a movie.
(d) A laser light display.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the "visionary arts" that the author mentions at the beginning of Appendix 3?

2. What does the candle light do for La Tour's paintings, according to the author?

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

4. What event was, according to the author, an example of ancient pageantry which was enriched and improved by technological advances?

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

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