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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, where do the mentally-ill people discussed at the beginning of Appendix 6 spend their time?
(a) None of these places.
(b) In Heaven.
(c) On Earth.
(d) In Hell.

2. To what sort of life are schizophrenics condemned, according to the author?
(a) Frustration and anguish.
(b) Ineffectiveness and solitude.
(c) Apathy and catatonia.
(d) Fury and isolation.

3. What do schizophrenics share with other psychotics, according to the author?
(a) They have the same symptoms, but schizophrenics experience them to a greater extent.
(b) They share the same symptoms, and the intensity of those symptoms is about equal.
(c) They have the same symptoms, but schizophrenics experience them to a lesser extent.
(d) They don't share the same symptoms, but they share the same illness and brain dysfunction.

4. From what secondary mental illness did Carlyle suffer, according to his biographer?
(a) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(b) Depression.
(c) Multiple personality disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

5. How did Carlyle feel when he walked down a crowded street?
(a) Exultant.
(b) Isolated.
(c) Confused.
(d) Afraid.

6. Which of these is NOT something with which schizophrenics have lost touch, according to the author?
(a) Language.
(b) Matter.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Fellow beings.

7. A mental state similar to that of schizophrenia can be induced by administering what drug?
(a) Derivatives of adrenalin.
(b) LSD.
(c) PCP.
(d) Mescalin.

8. According to the author, how did Carlyle see everything?
(a) As dangerous.
(b) As a creative disaster.
(c) As negatively significant.
(d) As his ultimate resting place.

9. What does the author say La Tour paints, at the end of Appendix 4?
(a) Cautionary tales.
(b) God's immanence.
(c) Divine retribution.
(d) Visionary experiences.

10. What was the subject of the Delacroix painting the author mentions in Appendix 5?
(a) A close-up of bark, leaves and flowers.
(b) The corner of a room.
(c) A small girl in a blue dress.
(d) A mountainous landscape.

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

12. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Thicket"?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Monet.
(d) Manet.

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

14. What, according to the author, breaks the silence in which schizophrenics exist?
(a) Their own screams.
(b) The gibbering of ghosts.
(c) Divine intervention.
(d) The occasional heartfelt words of a loved one.

15. The first painter mentioned in Appendix IV was the appointed artist to the king of what nation?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, in what year did the rediscovery of La Tour begin?

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

4. In theological terms, the progress the author mentions at the end of Appendix 6 is a transition from what to what?

5. How does the author describe La Tour as a person?

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