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

2. Who befriends Moricand and advises that Miller look at Moricand's portfolio of erotic drawings?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Niels.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Lilik.

3. An amalgam of types, Moricand is above all a ______.
(a) Debbie Downer.
(b) Gloomy Gus.
(c) Crab.
(d) Snake.

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

5. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Odors.
(c) Microbes.
(d) Tax wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller reads what without prejudice in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

2. Who does Miller arrange to take Moricand to the hospital daily in Part 3, "Paradise Lost,?

3. Miller tries to envision Big Sur how far into the future, in the Epilogue?

4. Miller states that monkeys picking one another's fleas accomplish more than what?

5. With whom is Miller constantly fighting in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miller describe his "addiction" to writing letters in the Epilogue?

2. What is Moricand's reaction to the rainy season in Big Sur? Who is called in to see him?

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

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

5. How does Miller describe reading fan mail in the Epilogue?

6. What are the similarities and differences between Conrad Moricand and Henry Miller?

7. How does Miller describe Slade's Springs in the text?

8. What does Moricand think of Wharton's healing powers?

9. How does Miller learn of Moricand's death?

10. How does Miller describe his walk home from the sulfur baths in the Epilogue?

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