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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, how did Gericault paint "The Raft of Medusa"?
(a) Each of the people was painted separately; there was no overall sketch.
(b) He painted the raft, objects, and landscape before painting the people.
(c) He sketched the entire painting first then painted in the sketch.
(d) He painted the people before painting the landscape.

2. The "new Art of Versailles" was deliberately cultivated, according to the author, during the reign of which king?
(a) Louis XIV.
(b) Phillip II.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Edward VI.

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

4. What is the highest point of the transformation the author discusses in Appendix 6?
(a) Satisfaction in everyday things.
(b) Spiritual enlightenment.
(c) Mystical experience.
(d) Appreciation of nature.

5. How is the subject of a great work of nature art portrayed, according to the author?
(a) As the center of its own little universe.
(b) As the bearer of some secret message.
(c) As a representation of an ideal form.
(d) As an aspect of a greater whole.

6. What is unique about La Tour's paintings, according to the author?
(a) The subjects don't do anything. They are simply there.
(b) All of his paintings are monochromatic.
(c) He did most of them at a very young age.
(d) He didn't use the proper colors for things.

7. Upon what evidence does the author base his estimation of the way in which Gericault saw the world?
(a) The uneasiness the author felt when looking at Gericault's work.
(b) Journals and letters written by Gericault himself.
(c) The accounts of Gericault's friends.
(d) The desperate tenor of Gericault's paintings.

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

9. To what animal does Carlyle compare himself?
(a) A bear.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A lion.

10. To what does Carlyle compare the heavens and earth?
(a) The jaws of a monster.
(b) A suspended guillotine.
(c) A vise.
(d) A trap waiting to spring.

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

12. Where was Gericault when he saw the horse that inspired him to paint "Officiers de Chasseurs"?
(a) The road to Saint-Cloud.
(b) A pasture in the countryside.
(c) In a forest in Leeds.
(d) The streets of London.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first Gericault painting mentioned by the author in Appendix 7?

2. Gericault's portrait of a young boy and study of a naked man are both displayed, according to the author, in what museum?

3. Upon what evidence does the author base his comparison of a schizophrenic's experiences?

4. What is revealed, to the author, by Gericault's "Horse Startled by Lightning"?

5. What did Gericault use as a model for the people in "Raft of the Medusa"?

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