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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. What is the highest point of the transformation the author discusses in Appendix 6?

2. What was the style of the new Art of Versailles, according to the author?

3. According to the author, in what year did the rediscovery of La Tour begin?

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

5. What is the first Gericault painting mentioned by the author in Appendix 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the author mean when he states that La Tour was religious?

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

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

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

7. Of what was Carlyle constantly apprehensive or afraid?

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

9. How does the author introduce Georges de La Tour in Appendix 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Huxley uses zoology as a metaphor for the unexplored regions of the human mind. What is a metaphor? What is Huxley trying to convey by using this metaphor? Is the metaphor effective and appropriate? If not, is there a more appropriate one which he could have used, and why would it have been better? Did this metaphor aid your understanding of Huxley's point?

Essay Topic 2

Huxley refers to the concept of "Ding an Sich," or "thing in itself," to express the concept of something which is simply "there." How does this concept relate to the work of various artists discussed by Huxley in the text? How does it relate to the visionary experiences Huxley has had?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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