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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mentioned in Appendix 5 as the artist who painted "Thicket"?

2. What phrase does the author use at the beginning of Appendix 7 to describe Gericault?

3. What does the author say about Millais' "Ophelia" in Appendix 5?

4. According to Carlyle's biographer, what was his predominant mental illness?

5. What happened to La Tour's reputation as a result of the rise of the new Art of Versailles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the difference, according to the author, between the two paintings he compares at the end of Appendix 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The difference between Eastern and Western art is significant to Huxley. What are the major differences between these two cultural art forms? Why does Huxley feel that these differences are so significant? How do the differences between Eastern and Western art relate to the visionary experiences Huxley talks about in the rest of the text?

Essay Topic 2

Peyote and its active ingredient mescalin have been used for centuries by Native Americans and other groups for their vision-inducing powers. What was known about mescalin when Huxley began his experiment? What was the purpose of the experiment? What was discovered during the course of the experiment? Were there any unexpected effects of the drug? If so, what were they?

Essay Topic 3

Huxley describes various vision-inducing methods in the book. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method, and why? Which one does Huxley prefer? What groups of people commonly used each method? Is each method still commonly used? Are they all equally effective? If not, which ones are more effective?

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