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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Books.
(d) Calendars.

2. 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 Whartons.
(d) The Waltons.

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

4. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?
(a) Simon.
(b) Butch.
(c) Paul.
(d) Peter.

5. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?
(a) Paul Rink.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Henry Miller.

6. What neighbor and benefactor of Miller's is trying to find herself in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7?
(a) Annette Rockefeller.
(b) Oden Wharton.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Emily Wharton.

7. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.
(a) John Cowper Powys.
(b) Brant Brandon.
(c) William Keys.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

8. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?
(a) Art.
(b) Love.
(c) Family.
(d) Friendship.

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

10. The adventures of Chama take place where?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Italy.
(d) New York.

11. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?
(a) Bach.
(b) Berlioz.
(c) Ravel.
(d) Mozart.

12. Miller writes that in 19__ the U.S. tried to fix the world's problems, but had itself deteriorated.
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 45.

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

14. Miller writes in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that he who comes to Big Sur must come with capable hands, a strong heart, and a sense of humor, and expect no _______.
(a) Monetary gain.
(b) Things to come easy.
(c) Help from neighbors.
(d) Modern amenities.

15. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?
(a) Jack Morgenrath.
(b) Conrad Moricand.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Jean Wharton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Basque girl go after leaving Big Sur?

2. Fledgling writers seek advice from Miller, but writing is a what to him?

3. Wharton has spent much time and effort helping people see positives in negatives, but most people live how?

4. Where does Miller describe his archives in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 8?

5. Miller is sometimes surprised by revelations of household tragedies too great to describe, even by who, whose domestic life is a sad joke?

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