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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. Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium is the title of what?
2. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?
3. Who paints Miller's portrait as he is coming out of depression following his divorce?
4. Miller asserts in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that people fail to realize that life is what?
5. A Basque girl visits Miller, freezing and starving, to ask his views on who?
Short Essay Questions
1. Miller compares Wharton's need to help others with the United States in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7. How?
2. Who is Miller's favorite local painter at Big Sur? In what ways does Miller work to improve his own work?
3. Who helps Miller with his children following his divorce from Janina? What is the outcome?
4. What does Miller write of the Lopez family and their children? Who does he contrast this family with?
5. What family lives in the center of Big Sur's community? Where in the text does Miller describe this family and others?
6. What does Miller write of his correspondents in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 8?
7. How does Miller stay in touch with the outside world, according to his depiction in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?
8. What does Miller write of Dianetics in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 9? What is Dianetics?
9. What does Miller describe in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1? What is the title of this chapter, and why?
10. Miller writes commentary in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium, examining the American Dream. What are his major points?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the following terms and describe how the novel is structured using them: exposition, rising action, climax, and denouement.
Essay Topic 2
Who are the prominent members of the "Anderson Creek Gang"? What are their relationships and proximity to Henry Miller?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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