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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.
(a) Solitude.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Humility.
(d) Quiet.

2. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Children.
(c) Weather.
(d) Visitors.

3. In what year is Miller in Villa Seurat?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1945.

4. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Phil.
(c) Ned.
(d) Roger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller writes that Jews and _____ are America's only truly selfless givers.

2. Who penned The Keys to the Apocalypse?

3. Who is the author of The Thirteen Crucified Saviours?

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

5. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the population of children changed in Miller's time at Big Sur? Who are his favorites?

2. What does Miller attest is the principle problem with the people of Big Sur? What comparison does Miller make to classical tragedies?

3. How does Miller stay in touch with the outside world, according to his depiction in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?

4. What is "The Charma Serial" about?

5. How does Miller describe Ephraim Doner in "Testimonial in Ut-Mineur"?

6. What family lives in the center of Big Sur's community? Where in the text does Miller describe this family and others?

7. Who helps Miller with his children following his divorce from Janina? What is the outcome?

8. What does Miller write of his correspondents in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 8?

9. Who does Miller describe in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7? How is this individual similar to Miller?

10. Who does Miller describe meeting in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 5 at the sulfur baths?

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