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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Gericault claimed that when he started to paint a woman, it turned into what?
(a) A succubus.
(b) A demon.
(c) A tree.
(d) A lion.

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

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

6. According to the author, how did Gericault see the world?
(a) As a disturbing panorama of ideas and wishes.
(b) As a setpiece for dramatic art.
(c) As a giant arena battle.
(d) As a series of visionary apocalypses.

7. What does the author note about the background of Gericault's "The Derby"?
(a) It is too light.
(b) It is unnaturally colored.
(c) It is very dark.
(d) It doesn't match the tone of the painting and its subjects.

8. What is the author's complaint about the colors used in "Raft of the Medusa"?
(a) The raft, the people on it, and even the sky are corpse-colored.
(b) The colors are not accurate and true-to-life.
(c) The sepia tone makes everything look old-fashioned and weathered.
(d) The earthen tones don't adequately convey the frantic tone of the painting.

9. What does the author say in response to Gericault's quote about his own paintings?
(a) More often, what the subject turned into was much less amiable than what Gericault claimed.
(b) That Gericault's style was not as original as Gericault seemed to think.
(c) That there were other painters who did what Gericault did, and did it better.
(d) Gericault is deluded into thinking that his art was transformative, when it really wasn't.

10. According to the author, which cultures have the best art depicting nature scenes up close?
(a) South American and Mexican.
(b) European and American.
(c) Chinese and Japanese.
(d) Russian and European.

11. What phrase does the author use at the beginning of Appendix 7 to describe Gericault?
(a) "Technical artist."
(b) "Negative visionary."
(c) "Transportative creator."
(d) "Monochromatic Van Gogh."

12. According to the author in Appendix 6, what opens the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo for the living?
(a) The presence or absence of certain chemicals in the blood.
(b) "Massy keys of metals twain."
(c) Spiritual enlightenment.
(d) Death.

13. What was the subject of most of Vuillard's paintings?
(a) Gardens.
(b) Landscapes.
(c) Interiors.
(d) Models.

14. What did Gericault do to his subjects, according to the author?
(a) He used his subjects only as a starting point, then painted something else entirely.
(b) He painted them exactly as they were, to the point that his paintings lacked originality.
(c) He twisted and manipulated his subjects so that they were completely unrecognizable.
(d) He was true to nature, but that nature was magically transfigured for the worse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, there is very little of what in La Tour's paintings?

2. What was the subject of the poem the author quotes in Appendix 5?

3. To whom does the author attribute the concept of Hades, mentioned in Appendix 6?

4. What La Tour painting was acquired by the Louvre in 1934?

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

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