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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. Who is the first painter mentioned in Appendix IV?
(a) Khmer.
(b) Piero.
(c) Velasquez.
(d) La Tour.
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. Peter.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) St. Paul.
3. What poet does the author quote in Appendix 5?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Blake.
(d) Frost.
4. Upon what evidence does the author base his comparison of a schizophrenic's experiences?
(a) Journal entries he wrote during his own psychotic break.
(b) Descriptions given by ancient religions.
(c) The stories told to him by a psychotic friend.
(d) His own experience with drugs.
5. According to the author in Appendix 6, what opens the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo for the living?
(a) Death.
(b) "Massy keys of metals twain."
(c) The presence or absence of certain chemicals in the blood.
(d) Spiritual enlightenment.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote the biography about Carlyle?
2. What phrase does the author use at the beginning of Appendix 7 to describe Gericault?
3. Which is NOT an object or work of art that the author references in comparison to the subjects of La Tour's paintings?
4. Upon what evidence does the author base his estimation of the way in which Gericault saw the world?
5. According to the author, what happens when Nature is seen up-close or from a different angle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What phrase does the author use to describe Gericault at the beginning of Appendix 7, and what does it mean?
2. Who is James Halliday?
3. What is the "negative significance" which, according to the author, Carlyle and others like him saw in the world?
4. What does the author mean when he calls La Tour an "extroverted visionary"?
5. Which of Gericault's paintings are included by the author in a list of Gericault's "demonic pictures"?
6. According to the author in Appendix 6, how are the doors of Heaven and Hell opened for the living?
7. What does the author say in Appendix 5 about "Nature at the middle distance"?
8. According to the author, what is unique about "Raft of the Medusa," artistically speaking?
9. What is the difference between Western and Eastern art, as stated in Appendix 5?
10. What did Gericault use as models for his work, "Raft of the Medusa"?
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