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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Carlyle compare the heavens and earth?
(a) A suspended guillotine.
(b) A vise.
(c) A trap waiting to spring.
(d) The jaws of a monster.

2. According to Carlyle, why didn't he suffer from any definite fear?
(a) He had no hope.
(b) He knew God would protect him.
(c) Nothing could be worse than his present condition.
(d) He felt that death was merely another stage of existence.

3. Gericault claimed that when he started to paint a woman, it turned into what?
(a) A demon.
(b) A tree.
(c) A succubus.
(d) A lion.

4. What does Carlyle write of the men and women around him?
(a) They seemed as if they were out to get him.
(b) They didn't want to talk to him.
(c) They were merely figures.
(d) Their interactions with him were superficial.

5. According to the author, how did Gericault see the world?
(a) As a disturbing panorama of ideas and wishes.
(b) As a giant arena battle.
(c) As a series of visionary apocalypses.
(d) As a setpiece for dramatic art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, breaks the silence in which schizophrenics exist?

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

3. A mental state similar to that of schizophrenia can be induced by administering what drug?

4. What is the author's complaint about the colors used in "Raft of the Medusa"?

5. What is the title of the biography written about Carlyle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is unique and praiseworthy about Japanese and Chinese art, according to the author?

3. Who is James Halliday?

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

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

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

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

8. What is "Sartor Resartus"?

9. What does Gericault say about his own artwork, according to the quote in Appendix 7?

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

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