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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. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?
(a) Book manuscripts.
(b) Corn husks.
(c) Failed paintings.
(d) Newspaper articles.

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

3. Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 9 opens with Miller borrowing the _____ concept of "clearing,"
(a) Calvinist.
(b) Dianetics.
(c) Quaker.
(d) Catholic.

4. Which mystery writer provides research on the Essene cult?
(a) Restif de la Bretonne.
(b) Lawrence Lipton.
(c) Sir Godfrey Higgins.
(d) Agatha Christie.

5. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?
(a) Geoff Schatz.
(b) Lilik Leys.
(c) Lilik Schatz.
(d) Gordon Lifshitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Miller, the Western home is a _____.

2. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?

3. Wharton has spent much time and effort helping people see positives in negatives, but most people live how?

4. Who penned The Keys to the Apocalypse?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miller stay in touch with the outside world, according to his depiction in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?

2. Miller discusses his thoughts and philosophies on painting in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 4. When did Miller begin painting and how much has he painted at this point in the book?

3. What is Harvey's affliction and what does Miller advise to him in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1?

4. How does Miller describe Ephraim Doner in "Testimonial in Ut-Mineur"?

5. What is "The Charma Serial" about?

6. Who does Miller describe meeting in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 5 at the sulfur baths?

7. How has the population of children changed in Miller's time at Big Sur? Who are his favorites?

8. Miller writes commentary in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium, examining the American Dream. What are his major points?

9. What artists and writers does Miller describe living within the Big Sur community in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 2? How do they support themselves?

10. What family lives in the center of Big Sur's community? Where in the text does Miller describe this family and others?

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