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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. Which of La Tour's paintings does the author mention by name at the end of Appendix 4?

2. Where was Gericault when he saw the horse that inspired him to paint "Officiers de Chasseurs"?

3. According to the author, what theme is illustrated by the close-up landscapes of Chinese and Japanese art?

4. According to the author, what is the setting of Gericault's painting "The Derby"?

5. Which of these is NOT an example given by the author of great nature art?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gericault say about his own artwork, according to the quote in Appendix 7?

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

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

5. What is "Sartor Resartus"?

6. What is the significance of the Wordsworth quote in Appendix 5?

7. How does Carlyle feel about other people?

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

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

10. Who is James Halliday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Huxley discusses the power of not only positive visionary experiences but also negative ones. What are some of the major differences between the two? What types of people are inclined to have positive or negative experiences? What happens to people when they have these sorts of experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Huxley describes the vision-inducing powers of different visual arts. What are the arts which he mentions? How does each of these arts help to induce visionary experiences in the viewers? What relationship to these arts have to one another, and what technological developments took place for the advancement of these arts?

Essay Topic 3

Different groups have very different attitudes toward vision-inducing methods, according to Huxley. Which groups does Huxley mention? What are their attitudes toward various vision-inducing methods? Does Huxley agree with any of these groups? If so, which one?

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