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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 swears that he hears mysterious music coming from Miller's cabin rather than from his own head?
(a) White.
(b) Neiman.
(c) Muench.
(d) Moricand.

2. Miller gets detailed letters on bladder care from a man where?
(a) In an asylum.
(b) In a nursing home.
(c) In New York.
(d) In prison.

3. A brilliant young French-Canadian ponders his role in life in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 9, quoting Joseph Delteil and Chesterton on who?
(a) Twain.
(b) Odets.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. In what year is Miller in Villa Seurat?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1945.

5. Who operates the upscale Nepenthe Restaurant and let their five children run wild without thought of discipline?
(a) The Whites.
(b) The Fassetts.
(c) The Waltons.
(d) The Whartons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 9 opens with Miller borrowing the _____ concept of "clearing,"

2. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?

3. The adventures of Chama take place where?

4. Where did Henry Miller grow up?

5. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Miller describe meeting in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 5 at the sulfur baths?

2. What artists and writers does Miller describe living within the Big Sur community in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 2? How do they support themselves?

3. Who is Miller's favorite local painter at Big Sur? In what ways does Miller work to improve his own work?

4. Who does Miller describe in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7? How is this individual similar to Miller?

5. Who is able to thrive in Big Sur and who is not, according to Miller in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?

6. How does Miller stay in touch with the outside world, according to his depiction in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?

7. Miller writes commentary in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium, examining the American Dream. What are his major points?

8. How does Miller describe the plants and animals in Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium? How does this relate to Big Sur?

9. What is "The Charma Serial" about?

10. What does Miller describe in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1? What is the title of this chapter, and why?

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