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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. What was the style of the new Art of Versailles, according to the author?
(a) Cubist.
(b) Classical.
(c) Impressionist.
(d) Romantic.

2. The author discusses the history of what type of ideas at the end of Appendix 6?
(a) Theological.
(b) Physiological.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Eschatological.

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

4. From what secondary mental illness did Carlyle suffer, according to his biographer?
(a) Depression.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(d) Multiple personality disorder.

5. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Dell in Helmingham Park"?
(a) Millais.
(b) Constable.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Monet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the subject of a great work of nature art portrayed, according to the author?

3. How did Carlyle feel when he walked down a crowded street?

4. What, according to the author, breaks the silence in which schizophrenics exist?

5. What does the author say in response to Gericault's quote about his own paintings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Carlyle feel about other people?

4. What is unique about La Tour's style of painting?

5. What comment does the author make at the end of Appendix 4 regarding La Tour's personal character?

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

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

8. According to the author, what is unique about "Raft of the Medusa," artistically speaking?

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

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

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