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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the family's name who keeps watch over the octogenarian from the sulfur baths?
2. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?
3. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?
4. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?
5. Who operates the upscale Nepenthe Restaurant and let their five children run wild without thought of discipline?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Miller write of his correspondents in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 8?
2. Miller writes commentary in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium, examining the American Dream. What are his major points?
3. What does Miller write of Tolstoy in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7? How does his domestic life relate to Miller's?
4. What does Miller assert as signs of the "system breaking down" in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium"?
5. What is Harvey's affliction and what does Miller advise to him in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1?
6. Who is able to thrive in Big Sur and who is not, according to Miller in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?
7. How has the population of children changed in Miller's time at Big Sur? Who are his favorites?
8. What does Miller attest is the principle problem with the people of Big Sur? What comparison does Miller make to classical tragedies?
9. Who helps Miller with his children following his divorce from Janina? What is the outcome?
10. How does Miller describe the plants and animals in Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium? How does this relate to Big Sur?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Miller's use of irony as it applies to his commentary on American values. What is the definition of irony? What effect does it have in this example?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the themes of marriage and divorce in the novel. How does Miller reflect these themes in his life? How many times was Miller married, and to whom?
Essay Topic 3
What was the critical response to Miller's Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch? How did this differ from Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn? Why?
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