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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fifth Veil (pgs. 170-204).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ellen Cherry Charles leave art school?
(a) Her parents refuse to keep paying for it.
(b) Her father and uncle drag her out of class.
(c) She feels that it is too stuck up.
(d) She wants to make art about life not school.

2. According to Ellen Cherry, why do artists make art?
(a) As a spontaneous reaction to lived experience.
(b) To express their inner selves.
(c) To create what you want to see in the world that doesn't exist yet.
(d) To hold a conversation with artists from all times.

3. What is the nickname that the Berliners make up for Spike Cohen's family?
(a) The turtle family.
(b) The crab family.
(c) The rabbit family.
(d) The feline family.

4. What do Conch Shell and Painted Stick maintain that King Solomon is not?
(a) Wise.
(b) Rich.
(c) Good.
(d) Humble.

5. What does Ellen Cherry want to paint after she finishes painting mountains?
(a) The firey resudue of blasted unicorn hooves in a volcano.
(b) A neon fox tongue licking up the powdered dust of angel bones.
(c) Grotesque sinews of a bull carcase.
(d) A farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the painting is Ellen Cherry working on, while she and Boomer are driving across the country?

2. After Boomer picks Ellen Cherry up in the Turkey, where do they go?

3. What happens at the church where all the objects leave Can 'o Beans?

4. What does Can 'o Beans identify as one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings?

5. Why does Ellen Cherry need to work?

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