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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Moricand write that he is living in 1947?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Norway.

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

4. Whose maxim is it that genuine needs are always met?
(a) Emil White's.
(b) Jean Wharton's.
(c) Anais Nin's.
(d) Conrad Moricand's.

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

6. Astrology, like what, Miller declares, has its origins in humans' loss of wholeness?
(a) Religion.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Tarot.
(d) Mathematics.

7. Who befriends Moricand and advises that Miller look at Moricand's portfolio of erotic drawings?
(a) Niels.
(b) Lilik.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Geoffrey.

8. Who is a fiery Spanish recluse who shares the same privileged background as Moricand and spends a night talking with him of the past?
(a) Leon Shamroy.
(b) Marcel de Pinzo.
(c) Antoine Renoult.
(d) Jaime de Angulo.

9. Who informs Moricand that he may not work and comes after Miller, who is legally responsible for him?
(a) The German Consulate.
(b) The British Consulate.
(c) The Swiss Consulate.
(d) The French Consulate.

10. Wharton floats, radiantly, into Miller's garden with a lantern and what in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Wings.
(b) Feather.
(c) Necklace.
(d) Book.

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

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

13. Miller believes that young writers must learn by personal experience and lacks both the energy and knowledge to do what?
(a) Evaluate manuscripts.
(b) Evaluate students.
(c) Refer publishers.
(d) Teach.

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

15. Moricand refuses to teach who French, feeling that American children are undisciplined?
(a) Val.
(b) Peter.
(c) Janina.
(d) Toby.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who brings fine food, drink, and cigars, and Moricand partakes heartily while preparing to analyze him?

3. Who is Miller married to in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

4. What is Miller addicted to doing?

5. Miller writes that people will do anything for ____, even piously chopping off heads in the French Revolution.

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