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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Miller arrange to take Moricand to the hospital daily in Part 3, "Paradise Lost,?
(a) Ellwood Graham.
(b) Sarah Anderson.
(c) Andrew Fillmore.
(d) Emil White.

2. Moricand rants about Wharton wanting him to read who?
(a) Kant.
(b) Mary Baker Eddy.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Nietzsche.

3. What is Miller addicted to doing?
(a) Picking flowers.
(b) Wooing women.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Writing letters.

4. What has swollen terribly, causing Moricand to be carried to the car in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) His hands.
(b) His testicles.
(c) His legs.
(d) His feet.

5. Astrology, like what, Miller declares, has its origins in humans' loss of wholeness?
(a) Tarot.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mathematics.

6. Where does Moricand write that he is living in 1947?
(a) France.
(b) Norway.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) England.

7. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13 that one must go through life learning what no one teaches and touching the sublime by doing the what?
(a) Wise.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Responsible.

8. Having tasted peace and solitude, Miller blesses what in the Epilogue?
(a) Women.
(b) All creation.
(c) Dreamers.
(d) Writers.

9. Miller writes that when patience fails, there is always what?
(a) Love.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Time.
(d) Money.

10. Whereas _____ deals in potentialities, Miller desires actualities like God and humanity.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Art.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Philosophy.

11. Who leaves the obnoxious astrologer in Miller's care in Paris?
(a) Elizabeth Miller.
(b) Anais Nin.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Janina Miller.

12. Miller writes in the Epilogue, when all else fails, do what?
(a) Sing.
(b) Pray.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Write.

13. Moricand finds American meals and what to be insufficient?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Liquor.

14. Who informs Moricand that he may not work and comes after Miller, who is legally responsible for him?
(a) The Swiss Consulate.
(b) The British Consulate.
(c) The German Consulate.
(d) The French Consulate.

15. Miller believes that young writers must learn by personal experience and lacks both the energy and knowledge to do what?
(a) Evaluate manuscripts.
(b) Evaluate students.
(c) Refer publishers.
(d) Teach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Moricand's war experiences began where?

2. What is the last plate in The Millennium of Hieronymus Bosch?

3. Miller must refrain from admiring any belonging of Moricand's, lest he insist on what?

4. Miller asserts that fanatics utter profound "second-hand ____" and sound ridiculous demonstrating them through trivia.

5. Who books passage by sea and air for Moricand, but each time he fails to show up?

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