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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Paradise Lost, pgs. 309-349.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Ned.
(b) Phil.
(c) Roger.
(d) Ralph.

2. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

3. Miller states that well-behaved children rarely grow into what kind of adults?
(a) Normal.
(b) Ill-behaved.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Well-behaved.

4. What does Miller find to be a constant nuisance in the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Neighborhood dogs.
(b) Ex-wives.
(c) Children.
(d) Infatuated fans.

5. Miller states that monkeys picking one another's fleas accomplish more than what?
(a) Diplomacy.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?

2. What does Moricand declare life to be?

3. One day in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 14, Miller meets a blubbery maharajah from where?

4. Who befriends Moricand and advises that Miller look at Moricand's portfolio of erotic drawings?

5. Which child is a Miller favorite, gentle, silent, and thankful for everything, probably a result of the torments he has endured having birth defects corrected?

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