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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. Upon what evidence does the author base his comparison of a schizophrenic's experiences?

2. What does the author say in response to Gericault's quote about his own paintings?

3. What was the subject of the poem the author quotes in Appendix 5?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What comment does the author make at the end of Appendix 4 regarding La Tour's personal character?

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

4. How does Carlyle feel about other people?

5. Of what was Carlyle constantly apprehensive or afraid?

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

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

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

9. What phrase does the author use to describe Gericault at the beginning of Appendix 7, and what does it mean?

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

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 expresses some of his beliefs regarding the relationship between visionary experiences and the afterlife. What is the relationship between the two? What can people do while they are still alive to change the experience they will have in the afterlife? According to Huxley, do they have any control over their experiences once they are dead?

Essay Topic 3

Huxley discusses the role of vision-inducing methods in religion and spirituality. Why are vision-inducing methods often used in religion? What is the importance of visions in religion? What were the methods most commonly used by religious and spiritual zealots?

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