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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Paradise Lost, pgs. 349-385.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miller married to in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Wilhemena.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Janina.

2. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

3. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?
(a) Niels Scharmosky.
(b) Conrad Moricand.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Jake Kenney.

4. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?
(a) UFOs.
(b) A sasquach.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Ghosts.

5. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7 that Americans worship _____ and tell others that they do not know how to live.
(a) Abundance.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Oil.
(d) Materialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miller send word to in trying to get rid of Moricand in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

2. How had Doner supported himself in southern Europe?

3. Where does Miller send Chama when he runs out of stories in an urban setting?

4. Who brings fine food, drink, and cigars, and Moricand partakes heartily while preparing to analyze him?

5. What Egyptian wants to be Miller's valet to survive in materialistic America?

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