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

2. What does Carlyle write of the men and women around him?

3. What does the world inhabited by schizophrenics and other psychotics resemble, according to the author?

4. The "new Art of Versailles" was deliberately cultivated, according to the author, during the reign of which king?

5. What La Tour painting was acquired by the Louvre in 1934?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gericault use as models for his work, "Raft of the Medusa"?

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

3. According to the author in Appendix 6, how are the doors of Heaven and Hell opened for the living?

4. According to the author, how did Gericault see the world?

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

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

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

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

9. What is "Sartor Resartus"?

10. Of what was Carlyle constantly apprehensive or afraid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Color and light are both crucial aspects of a visionary experience, according to Huxley. Why? In what natural objects are color and light often seen in an intense concentration? How are these objects part of religion and spirituality? In Huxley's opinion, why are color and light so important to visionary experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Huxley is very interested in the mental state of schizophrenics and other neurotics. Why is this study so important to Huxley? What does he say about the state in which schizophrenics and other psychotics live their lives, and why does he feel that way? What can be done to help them? What can be done to simulate these disorders in a normal person, and why might that be done?

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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