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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say at the end of Appendix 4 about the relationship between an artist's character and their work?
(a) There is no correlation between the two.
(b) You can judge a man's character by looking at his work.
(c) Artists must suffer to produce great work.
(d) Only men of great character can create great works of art.

2. What La Tour painting was acquired by the Louvre in 1934?
(a) "The Creation of Man."
(b) "The Painters of Reality."
(c) "The Venus of Willendorf."
(d) "The Robust Workhorse."

3. According to the author, what are the two reasons for the manner in which visionaries are received?
(a) Chemical and physical.
(b) Physical and religious.
(c) Religious and philosophical.
(d) Philosophical and chemical.

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

5. According to the author, at the end of Appendix 1 what is one claim that is made almost universally by visionaries?
(a) They are unable to produce the visions at will, regardless of the methods they try.
(b) They never have the same vision twice.
(c) They can only have the visions when they are in the right frame of mind to do so.
(d) They are unable to recall the experience in anything approaching its original intensity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used to say that when he self-flagellated God would deny him nothing?

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

3. What are the first objects upon which the author intently focuses during the experiment?

4. According to the author, what theme is illustrated by the close-up landscapes of Chinese and Japanese art?

5. Which of Van Gogh's paintings does the author use as an example of Western landscape art?

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