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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. If the weather is nice, Miller does what instead of writing?
(a) Jogs.
(b) Paints.
(c) Walks to town.
(d) Goes to church.

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

3. Moricand detests the Republic and seems to have had prior lives in ancient Alexandria and where else?
(a) Greece.
(b) Britain.
(c) Rome.
(d) Persia.

4. Where does Moricand move after leaving Big Sur?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. Miller finds, in the Epilogue, that working when is impossible?
(a) At noon.
(b) In the daytime.
(c) At dawn.
(d) At night.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Epilogue, Miller is interrupted by neighbors needing help and household chores, including buckets of diapers to wash where?

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?

3. Miller writes that most of the world's woes stem from _____ human behavior.

4. What French-speaking friend visits Miller but soon wants to throw Moricand off a cliff?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miller comment upon regarding genuine needs in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 13?

2. What happens when Moricand attempts to find work after leaving Big Sur? What attempts are made to help him?

3. What does Miller write about astrology in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

4. What is Miller's intention to the reader in writing the Epilogue?

5. What is Miller's conclusion of Big Sur upon the Epilogue of the novel?

6. Who is Conrad Moricand and how does Miller know him?

7. What fineries does Moricand insist upon? How does Miller react to Moricand's things?

8. How does Miller come to invite Moricand to Big Sur in the novel?

9. What criticisms does Miller assert of American values in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 15?

10. What does Moricand write of his experience in the wars in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

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