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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. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?

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

3. Miller questions that if Jesus were to come back again, people might do what to him?

4. Miller writes in the Epilogue, when all else fails, do what?

5. Miller finds, in the Epilogue, that working when is impossible?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moricand complain about after meeting with Wharton in Part 3, Paradise Lost?

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

3. How does Miller work to solicit money for Conrad Moricand during their friendship?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Miller's wife's reaction to Conrad Moricand? How does Moricand's first impression fade?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Henry Miller's feelings about fan mail and correspondence. What two chapters are dedicated to this topic in the book? How do they relate?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process of Dianetics. Where in the text does Miller employ this? What are his associations with Dianetics?

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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