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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 does the author say in response to Gericault's quote about his own paintings?
(a) Gericault is deluded into thinking that his art was transformative, when it really wasn't.
(b) That there were other painters who did what Gericault did, and did it better.
(c) More often, what the subject turned into was much less amiable than what Gericault claimed.
(d) That Gericault's style was not as original as Gericault seemed to think.

2. How is the subject of a great work of nature art portrayed, according to the author?
(a) As a representation of an ideal form.
(b) As the bearer of some secret message.
(c) As an aspect of a greater whole.
(d) As the center of its own little universe.

3. What materials were often used for self-flagellation?
(a) Belts with nails driven through them.
(b) Cat-o-nine-tails made from iron or steel.
(c) Flogs made from strips of leather or horsehair.
(d) Whips made of knotted leather or iron wire.

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

5. What is self-flagellation?
(a) The act of cutting oneself.
(b) The act of piercing one's skin.
(c) The act of burning oneself.
(d) The act of whipping oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two techniques, according to the author, can produce effects similar to those of mescalin?

2. What did Gericault use as a model for the people in "Raft of the Medusa"?

3. How are many visionaries received by others, according to the author?

4. What is the main reason for conducting the experiment in which the author participates?

5. To what field of science does the author compare the human mind at the beginning of "Heaven and Hell"?

(see the answer key)

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