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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. 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 an aspect of a greater whole.
(c) As a representation of an ideal form.
(d) As the bearer of some secret message.

2. According to the author, there is very little of what in La Tour's paintings?
(a) Religiosity.
(b) Technicality.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Originality.

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

4. According to the author, what is an example of Vuillard giving the viewer "the best of both worlds" in his paintings?
(a) A painting of an artist painting a landscape.
(b) A painting of a house atop a hill, in a vast landscape.
(c) A painting of a wall with a garden view through a window.
(d) A painting of a corner of a room with a painted landscape on the wall.

5. To what does Carlyle compare the universe?
(a) A wild horse.
(b) A steam-engine.
(c) A grinding wheel.
(d) A computer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the candle light do for La Tour's paintings, according to the author?

2. Upon what evidence does the author base his estimation of the way in which Gericault saw the world?

3. Where is Gericault's "Horse Startled by Lightning" displayed, according to the author?

4. What did Carlyle feel the universe was doing to him?

5. What does the author say in Appendix 5 about Nature "at the middle distance"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author say about Vuillard at the beginning of Appendix 5?

3. What does the author mean when he states that La Tour was religious?

4. What is the "negative significance" which, according to the author, Carlyle and others like him saw in the world?

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

6. According to the author, in what state do schizophrenics spend most of their time?

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

8. What does the author mean when he calls La Tour an "extroverted visionary"?

9. What is "Sartor Resartus"?

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

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