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

2. 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. Joseph.
(b) St. Paul.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) St. Peter.

3. The author compares Carlyle to what other artist?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Renee.
(c) Gericault.
(d) Da Vinci.

4. According to Carlyle's biographer, what was his predominant mental illness?
(a) Depression.
(b) Generalized panic disorder.
(c) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(d) Delusional psychosis.

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

6. What is the difference, according to the author, between the Japanese butcher bird painting and Hardy's thrush?
(a) The Western bird is surrounded by foliage, while the Eastern bird is not.
(b) Each bird is painted in a very different style due to the difference in culture.
(c) There is no difference; they are very similar paintings in terms of their visionary qualities.
(d) The Western bird wants to teach the viewer something, whereas the Eastern bird is content to simply be.

7. Why does the author feel that La Tour's art is religious?
(a) The subjects of his paintings are often religious figures.
(b) It emphasizes a divine omnipresence.
(c) La Tour was a very religious man.
(d) People often have visionary experiences looking at La Tour's work.

8. What did Gericault use as a model for the people in "Raft of the Medusa"?
(a) Neither answer is correct.
(b) The torso and face of a friend who was suffering from hepatitis.
(c) Pieces of corpses given to him by medical students.
(d) Both answers are correct.

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

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. Carlyle writes that he sometimes forgets what about other people?
(a) That they are not just machines.
(b) That they have their own lives and loved ones.
(c) That they are sometimes discomfited by his illness.
(d) That they are not all as sane as they appear.

12. To whom does the author attribute the concept of Hades, mentioned in Appendix 6?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Homer.
(d) Antigone.

13. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Dell in Helmingham Park"?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Millais.
(c) Monet.
(d) Constable.

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

15. Gericault's portrait of a young boy and study of a naked man are both displayed, according to the author, in what museum?
(a) The Museum of Fine Arts.
(b) The Metropolitan Museum.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The National Gallery.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, which cultures have the best art depicting nature scenes up close?

2. What does the author say La Tour paints, at the end of Appendix 4?

3. To what animal does Carlyle compare himself?

4. What, according to the author, breaks the silence in which schizophrenics exist?

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

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