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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. What poet does the author quote in Appendix 5?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Longfellow.
(c) Blake.
(d) Frost.

2. What substance is the author testing in the experiment?
(a) Angel dust.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Acid.
(d) Mescalin.

3. According to the author, there is very little of what in La Tour's paintings?
(a) Technicality.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Religiosity.
(d) Originality.

4. What is NOT a side-effect experienced by under-nourished individuals, according to the author in Appendix 2?
(a) Depression.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Hypochondria.

5. What is the title of the work by Carlyle that the author quotes in Appendix 8?
(a) "Of Men and Gods."
(b) "Dialogue on the Universe."
(c) "I, Carlyle."
(d) "Sartor Resartus."

Short Answer Questions

1. What materials were often used for self-flagellation?

2. What does Carlyle write of the men and women around him?

3. According to the author, what is theatrical spectacle?

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

5. What do schizophrenics share with other psychotics, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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