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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 wrote the biography about Carlyle?

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

3. According to the author, who might the old man be in the painting by La Tour referenced at the end of Appendix 4?

4. What is striking about the painting of the butcher bird, to which the author refers at the end of Appendix 5?

5. According to the author, where do the mentally-ill people discussed at the beginning of Appendix 6 spend their time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Sartor Resartus"?

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

3. Who is James Halliday?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Halliday write about Carlyle's description of himself?

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

10. What is the significance of the Wordsworth quote in 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

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 3

Huxley differentiates between religiousness and religiosity in an artist's work. What is the difference, according to Huxley, between these two terms? How can one be present without the other? How does each of these qualities change an artist's work?

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