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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Moricand develop a rash?
(a) His legs.
(b) His arms.
(c) His neck.
(d) His waist.

2. Miller writes that if Jesus were to come back to earth, he would more likely sell what than send others off to die in war?
(a) Magazines.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Dictionaries.
(d) Vacuums.

3. What gift does Moricand present to Miller in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," saying it had been in his family for generations?
(a) A locket.
(b) A clock.
(c) A brooch.
(d) A pen.

4. Moricand often lectures Miller on how the laws of the universe determine one's fate even more than the what?
(a) Man.
(b) Fate.
(c) God.
(d) Planets.

5. Miller writes that what is a healing process, in the Epilogue?
(a) Art.
(b) Country life.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Raising children.

6. Who does Moricand consider seeing to cure his itch, although he fears religion?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Janina Miller.
(c) Rev. Dewell.
(d) Jean Wharton.

7. Who has helped Miller survive in Big Sur, including answering his fan mail?
(a) Janina Miller.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

8. Miller reads what without prejudice in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Key to the Scriptures.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) The Bible.

9. What astrological sign is Henry Miller?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Gemini.
(d) Capricorn.

10. Miller states that monkeys picking one another's fleas accomplish more than what?
(a) Children.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Diplomacy.

11. What is the last plate in The Millennium of Hieronymus Bosch?
(a) "The Garden of Earthly Delights."
(b) "The Sky of the Dawn."
(c) "The Cave of Pythagoras."
(d) "The Snake and the Apple."

12. In what year does Moricand come to stay with the Millers?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1947.

13. Who typifies the lone-American type, filled with the spirit of the wilderness, according to Miller?
(a) Norman Rockwell.
(b) Howard Welch.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Oden Wharton.

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

15. In Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13, Miller contemplates how little ___ debates on ending fighting accomplish.
(a) German.
(b) U.S.
(c) U.N.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?

2. Astrology, like what, Miller declares, has its origins in humans' loss of wholeness?

3. Moricand refuses to teach who French, feeling that American children are undisciplined?

4. Miller writes in the Epilogue that he appreciates feedback and gifts, but asks that fans show appreciation by what?

5. Miller believes that young writers must learn by personal experience and lacks both the energy and knowledge to do what?

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