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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Miller take Moricand to the hospital in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Salinas.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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

5. Who did Moricand work for during the war?
(a) The French Consulate
(b) Radio-Paris.
(c) The Gestapo.
(d) The British Consulate.

6. Having tasted peace and solitude, Miller blesses what in the Epilogue?
(a) Dreamers.
(b) Women.
(c) All creation.
(d) Writers.

7. Moricand demands a deposit of how much money in his Paris account from Miller?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $3,000.

8. In the Epilogue, Miller has come to believe that his work of creation is paramount and he should not waste time in what?
(a) Family squabbles.
(b) Correspondence.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Working 9-5 jobs.

9. What is Miller addicted to doing?
(a) Wooing women.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Picking flowers.

10. Who typifies the lone-American type, filled with the spirit of the wilderness, according to Miller?
(a) Norman Rockwell.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Oden Wharton.
(d) Howard Welch.

11. Miller reads what without prejudice in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Key to the Scriptures.
(d) Percy Shelley.

12. Who leaves the obnoxious astrologer in Miller's care in Paris?
(a) Elizabeth Miller.
(b) Anais Nin.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Janina Miller.

13. What does Moricand obtain by mail from Switzerland in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Benzedrine.
(d) Codeine.

14. In what year does Moricand come to stay with the Millers?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1941.

15. Moricand surprises Miller in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," by saying that it is _____ to care for someone and require him to do nothing.
(a) Correct.
(b) Generous.
(c) Inhuman.
(d) Faulty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What astrological sign is Henry Miller?

3. Moricand's war experiences began where?

4. Miller writes that when patience fails, there is always what?

5. Who books passage by sea and air for Moricand, but each time he fails to show up?

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