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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Appendix 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what is the setting of Gericault's painting "The Derby"?
(a) A small Spanish town.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) The Midwest.

2. What is revealed, to the author, by Gericault's "Horse Startled by Lightning"?
(a) The importance of seeing things anew each moment.
(b) The necessity of understanding the point of view from which ordinary things are seen.
(c) Gericault's lack of technical artistic skill.
(d) The sometimes sinister "otherness" of ordinary things.

3. Which of Van Gogh's paintings does the author use as an example of Western landscape art?
(a) "Long Road."
(b) "Cypresses."
(c) "The Day After."
(d) "Starry Night."

4. What does the author specifically state in Appendix 6 does NOT open the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo?
(a) The presence or absence of certain chemicals in the blood.
(b) Death.
(c) Spiritual enlightenment.
(d) "Massy keys of metals twain."

5. Which is NOT a practice that mimics the effects which result from the first technique described in Appendix 1?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Yogic breathing.
(c) Running.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance is the author testing in the experiment?

2. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Dell in Helmingham Park"?

3. What was the style of the new Art of Versailles, according to the author?

4. The author compares schizophrenics to which of Sheol's beings?

5. Who wrote the biography about Carlyle?

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