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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 did Carlyle feel when he walked down a crowded street?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Confused.
(c) Exultant.
(d) Isolated.
2. Where was Gericault when he saw the horse that inspired him to paint "Officiers de Chasseurs"?
(a) A pasture in the countryside.
(b) The streets of London.
(c) In a forest in Leeds.
(d) The road to Saint-Cloud.
3. What is the subject of most of La Tour's paintings?
(a) Landscapes and nature.
(b) Women performing daily tasks.
(c) Still-life images of fruit and flowers.
(d) An object seen by the light of a single candle.
4. According to Carlyle's biographer, what was his predominant mental illness?
(a) Depression.
(b) Delusional psychosis.
(c) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(d) Generalized panic disorder.
5. According to the author, there is very little of what in La Tour's paintings?
(a) Technicality.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Originality.
(d) Religiosity.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author in Appendix 6, what opens the doors of heaven, hell, and limbo for the living?
2. The author discusses the history of what type of ideas at the end of Appendix 6?
3. According to the author, how did Gericault paint "The Raft of Medusa"?
4. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Thicket"?
5. What phrase does the author use at the beginning of Appendix 7 to describe Gericault?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Gericault use as models for his work, "Raft of the Medusa"?
2. What is "Sartor Resartus"?
3. What does the author mean when he calls La Tour an "extroverted visionary"?
4. What are the types of passage that the author mentions at the end of Appendix 6?
5. Who is James Halliday?
6. Which of Gericault's paintings are included by the author in a list of Gericault's "demonic pictures"?
7. According to the author, in what state do schizophrenics spend most of their time?
8. What is the "negative significance" which, according to the author, Carlyle and others like him saw in the world?
9. How does Carlyle feel about other people?
10. What is the difference, according to the author, between the two paintings he compares at the end of Appendix 5?
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