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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moricand detests the Republic and seems to have had prior lives in ancient Alexandria and where else?
(a) Rome.
(b) Greece.
(c) Persia.
(d) Britain.

2. Moricand rants about Wharton wanting him to read who?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Mary Baker Eddy.
(d) Kant.

3. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13 that one must go through life learning what no one teaches and touching the sublime by doing the what?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Responsible.
(d) Wise.

4. Miller finds, in the Epilogue, that working when is impossible?
(a) In the daytime.
(b) At night.
(c) At noon.
(d) At dawn.

5. Miller writes that people will do anything for ____, even piously chopping off heads in the French Revolution.
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Faith.
(d) Religion.

6. Miller writes in the Epilogue, when all else fails, do what?
(a) Sing.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Pray.
(d) Write.

7. Miller writes that what is a healing process, in the Epilogue?
(a) Art.
(b) Raising children.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Country life.

8. Part 3, "Paradise Lost," refers to a poem by whom?
(a) John Milton.
(b) Dante.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Shakespeare.

9. One day in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 14, Miller meets a blubbery maharajah from where?
(a) Mumbai, India.
(b) Poona, India.
(c) Dubai, India.
(d) Hathura, India.

10. Moricand holds that one does not "choose the ______."
(a) Sinful.
(b) Ungodly.
(c) Unchoosable.
(d) Unwise.

11. How far are the sulfur baths from Miller's home, round-trip, in the Epilogue?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Eight miles.
(c) Six miles.
(d) Five miles.

12. Moricand speaks in what language?
(a) Portugese.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

13. What French-speaking friend visits Miller but soon wants to throw Moricand off a cliff?
(a) Rogers.
(b) Wharton.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) White.

14. Moricand finds American meals and what to be insufficient?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Liquor.

15. Moricand tells Val a winding tale about Paris that ends with him buying the services of a what?
(a) Masseuse.
(b) Young girl.
(c) Male prostitute.
(d) French maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moricand write that he is living in 1947?

2. What is the last plate in The Millennium of Hieronymus Bosch?

3. Moricand refuses to teach who French, feeling that American children are undisciplined?

4. Miller tries to envision Big Sur how far into the future, in the Epilogue?

5. Whereas _____ deals in potentialities, Miller desires actualities like God and humanity.

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