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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of La Tour's paintings does the author mention by name at the end of Appendix 4?
(a) "Beneficence."
(b) "Nativity."
(c) "Old Man in a Boat."
(d) "Creation."

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

3. In theological terms, the progress the author mentions at the end of Appendix 6 is a transition from what to what?
(a) From Purgatory to Heaven.
(b) From Hades to Purgatory.
(c) From Hades to Heaven.
(d) From Heaven to Hades.

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

5. What is the title of the biography written about Carlyle?
(a) "A Study on Psychosis."
(b) "The Delusional Cartographer."
(c) "Carlyle: Man and Author."
(d) "Mr Carlyle, my Patient."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what happens when Nature is seen up-close or from a different angle?

2. From what secondary mental illness did Carlyle suffer, according to his biographer?

3. What "divine tautology" is expressed by the subjects of great nature art, according to the author?

4. What is unique about La Tour's paintings, according to the author?

5. According to the author, how did Carlyle see everything?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, how did La Tour feel about "theatrical effects" in his paintings?

2. What is unique and praiseworthy about Japanese and Chinese art, according to the author?

3. What literary allusions does the author make near the end of Appendix 6 regarding schizophrenics?

4. To what does the author compare the world inhabited by schizophrenics in Appendix 6?

5. What is the difference between Western and Eastern art, as stated in Appendix 5?

6. What are the types of passage that the author mentions at the end of Appendix 6?

7. What phrase does the author use to describe Gericault at the beginning of Appendix 7, and what does it mean?

8. What does Halliday write about Carlyle's description of himself?

9. Which of Gericault's paintings are included by the author in a list of Gericault's "demonic pictures"?

10. How can a state similar to schizophrenia be deliberately induced?

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