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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 the political purpose of regalia and pageantry, according to the author?
(a) To express individuality and taste.
(b) To impress other aristocrats and politicians.
(c) To prove one's worth as a leader.
(d) To impress the lower-class subjects.

2. Which of these is NOT an example given by the author of great nature art?
(a) Finches in a bush.
(b) A spray of blossoming plum.
(c) A mountain stream seen from the brush.
(d) Eighteen inches of a bamboo stem with its leaves.

3. What does the author say about Millais' "Ophelia" in Appendix 5?
(a) It is a bad picture, but its point of view is interesting.
(b) It would be much better if the painter had made better use of color and shading.
(c) The painter misinterpreted the Shakespearean scene he was attempting to portray.
(d) Its subject matter was too grim for it to be a good painting.

4. To whom does the author attribute the concept of Hades, mentioned in Appendix 6?
(a) Homer.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Euripides.

5. What did Gericault do to his subjects, according to the author?
(a) He was true to nature, but that nature was magically transfigured for the worse.
(b) He painted them exactly as they were, to the point that his paintings lacked originality.
(c) He used his subjects only as a starting point, then painted something else entirely.
(d) He twisted and manipulated his subjects so that they were completely unrecognizable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?

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

3. How does mescalin affect the user's brain function?

4. According to the author, in what year did the rediscovery of La Tour begin?

5. What discovery was made about the substance being tested in the early 1950s?

(see the answer key)

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