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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has helped Miller survive in Big Sur, including answering his fan mail?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Janina Miller.

3. The Epilogue is originally a _____ to send to fans to explain why Miller cannot answer mail.
(a) Letter.
(b) Bible.
(c) Pamphlet.
(d) Missive.

4. What astrological sign is Henry Miller?
(a) Gemini.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Capricorn.
(d) Cancer.

5. Miller writes that most of the world's woes stem from _____ human behavior.
(a) Ingrained.
(b) Modifiable.
(c) Errant.
(d) Genetic.

6. Miller must refrain from admiring any belonging of Moricand's, lest he insist on what?
(a) He borrow it.
(b) He destroy it.
(c) He take it.
(d) He sell it.

7. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Tax wars.
(c) Microbes.
(d) Odors.

8. Moricand often lectures Miller on how the laws of the universe determine one's fate even more than the what?
(a) Man.
(b) God.
(c) Fate.
(d) Planets.

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

10. Who prefers subsistence farming over architecture, according to Miller?
(a) Warren Leopold.
(b) Howard Welch.
(c) Oden Wharton.
(d) Hudson Kimbell.

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

12. Where does Moricand move after leaving Big Sur?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Diego.

13. Miller writes in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," "Freedom implies ____."
(a) Justice.
(b) Choice.
(c) Nationality.
(d) Truth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller asserts that fanatics utter profound "second-hand ____" and sound ridiculous demonstrating them through trivia.

2. Miller writes that if Jesus were to come back to earth, he would more likely sell what than send others off to die in war?

3. Miller's early mornings are taken up by ____, breakfast, and playing with the baby.

4. What French-speaking friend visits Miller but soon wants to throw Moricand off a cliff?

5. Who typifies the lone-American type, filled with the spirit of the wilderness, according to Miller?

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