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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. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?
(a) Love.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Light.
(d) Life.

2. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.
(a) Imagery.
(b) Super-reality.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Tranquility.

3. What neighbor and benefactor of Miller's is trying to find herself in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7?
(a) Emily Wharton.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Annette Rockefeller.
(d) Oden Wharton.

4. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?
(a) Simon.
(b) Butch.
(c) Paul.
(d) Peter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?

2. Who is Miller's favorite of the child painters in Big Sur?

3. Who swears that he hears mysterious music coming from Miller's cabin rather than from his own head?

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.

5. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miller assert as signs of the "system breaking down" in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium"?

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

3. How had Ephraim Doner ended up in Europe?

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

5. What does Miller describe in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1? What is the title of this chapter, and why?

6. What is the main question posed in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 10? Where does Miller gain insight in this subject?

7. What is "The Charma Serial" about?

8. What does Miller write of his correspondents in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 8?

9. What does Miller write of the Lopez family and their children? Who does he contrast this family with?

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

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