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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. Miller writes that Jews and _____ are America's only truly selfless givers.
(a) Arabs.
(b) Goys.
(c) Indians.
(d) Blacks.
2. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.
(a) Brant Brandon.
(b) William Keys.
(c) John Cowper Powys.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.
3. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Henry Miller.
(c) Gerhart Muench.
(d) Emil White.
4. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?
(a) Phillip Simmons.
(b) Paul Burts.
(c) Jackie Ross.
(d) Eddie Carney.
5. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?
(a) The Inez family.
(b) The Diaz family.
(c) The Lee family.
(d) The Lopez family.
Short Answer Questions
1. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.
2. Who penned The Keys to the Apocalypse?
3. According to Miller, the Western home is a _____.
4. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
5. Miller is sometimes surprised by revelations of household tragedies too great to describe, even by who, whose domestic life is a sad joke?
Short Essay Questions
1. How had Ephraim Doner ended up in Europe?
2. What is the main question posed in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 10? Where does Miller gain insight in this subject?
3. What is Harvey's affliction and what does Miller advise to him in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1?
4. Who is able to thrive in Big Sur and who is not, according to Miller in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?
5. Miller compares Wharton's need to help others with the United States in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7. How?
6. What does Miller write in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium", in describing the community of Big Sur?
7. What is "The Charma Serial" about?
8. What family lives in the center of Big Sur's community? Where in the text does Miller describe this family and others?
9. How does Miller describe the plants and animals in Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium? How does this relate to Big Sur?
10. 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?
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