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

2. What happened to "pyrotechny" after the fall of Rome?
(a) It returned to being used exclusively for military purposes.
(b) It became used only in religious and national ceremonies.
(c) The technology was lost, and development had to begin from scratch.
(d) Bigger and brighter displays were invented.

3. What was the subject of the poem the author quotes in Appendix 5?
(a) A pond surrounded by poplars in fall.
(b) A child on a road surrounded by corn fields.
(c) A solitary oak tree on top of a hill.
(d) A bird flying out of a bush and settling in the poet's hand.

4. Why is it important that people can sometimes be hypnotized by gemstones?
(a) It shows the power that art has over the human mind.
(b) It offers another way for people to achieve the same results that they would get with drugs.
(c) It gets psychiatrists another step closer to understanding how hypnotism works.
(d) It demonstrates the suggestibility of humans.

5. Gericault's portrait of a young boy and study of a naked man are both displayed, according to the author, in what museum?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The National Gallery.
(d) The Museum of Fine Arts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Appendix 2, how would "proponents of a 'Nothing-But' philosophy" interpret mystical experiences?

3. How does the author respond when asked about spatial relationships?

4. What substance is produced when adrenalin decomposes?

5. What phrase does the author use at the beginning of Appendix 7 to describe Gericault?

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