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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would a spiritual person interpret chemically-induced visionary experiences?
(a) A vision which is chemically-induced cannot be divine.
(b) They were sent by God, and the chemicals had nothing to do with it.
(c) Most truly spiritual people don't believe in visionary experiences.
(d) All experiences are chemically-induced, including the divine ones, because that's just how our bodies work.

2. According to the author, what happens when Nature is seen up-close or from a different angle?
(a) It is still ordinary and everyday.
(b) It is frightening and undefinable.
(c) It seems strange and wondrous.
(d) It is disconcerting and unsettling.

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

4. According to the author, who might the old man be in the painting by La Tour referenced at the end of Appendix 4?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) St. Thomas.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. Joseph.

5. According to the author, which form of art is most practically useful?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Ceramics.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first painter mentioned in Appendix IV?

2. The "new Art of Versailles" was deliberately cultivated, according to the author, during the reign of which king?

3. Why is the first technique in Appendix 1 even less understood than mescalin use?

4. According to Huxley, what causes negative visionary experiences?

5. Why are religious beings often portrayed doing nothing?

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