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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the Basque girl write to Miller for help?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. One tourist visits Miller to spend hours looking through his what?
(a) Poems.
(b) Books.
(c) Oil paintings.
(d) Watercolors.

3. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Weather.
(b) Children.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Isolation.

4. Who reserves two rooms in his new estate for the Millers?
(a) Jean Wharton.
(b) Conrad Moricand.
(c) Ephraim Doner.
(d) Eugene Pachutinsky.

5. What does Miller do when his wife and children disappear and he has no means of communication?
(a) Prays.
(b) Sings.
(c) Writes.
(d) Knits.

6. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.
(a) Brant Brandon.
(b) William Keys.
(c) Sir Walter Scott.
(d) John Cowper Powys.

7. Miller quotes a long passage from whose Travel Diary about the perfection of Japanese women and how Western women fail to imitate them?
(a) Keyserling's.
(b) Myanak's.
(c) Walton's.
(d) Conrad's.

8. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?
(a) Postcards.
(b) Calendars.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Books.

9. Miller asserts that all has been said and done and all one can add is what?
(a) Amen.
(b) Imitations.
(c) Adornment.
(d) Paint.

10. Miller writes in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that he who comes to Big Sur must come with capable hands, a strong heart, and a sense of humor, and expect no _______.
(a) Modern amenities.
(b) Help from neighbors.
(c) Things to come easy.
(d) Monetary gain.

11. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 11?
(a) "Down the Trestle."
(b) "Testimonial in Ut-Mineur."
(c) "Visitors."
(d) "The Millennium of Hieronymus Bosch."

12. What book of Miller's was banned in the United States?
(a) Black Spring.
(b) Crazy Cook.
(c) Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
(d) Tropic of Cancer.

13. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Henry Miller.
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(d) Lillian Bos Ross.

14. Miller writes that in 19__ the U.S. tried to fix the world's problems, but had itself deteriorated.
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 45.

15. Miller writes that Jews and _____ are America's only truly selfless givers.
(a) Arabs.
(b) Goys.
(c) Indians.
(d) Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?

2. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?

3. Who is living in the studio and offers to help Miller take care of his children following the breakup of his marriage?

4. Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?

5. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?

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