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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. What book of Miller's was banned in the United States?
(a) Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
(b) Black Spring.
(c) Tropic of Cancer.
(d) Crazy Cook.

2. Where was Ephraim Doner born and raised?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Vilna,
(d) France.

3. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Jack Morgenrath.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Emil White.

4. Where did Henry Miller grow up?
(a) Brooklyn, NY.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Queens, NY.
(d) Big Sur, CA.

5. Fledgling writers seek advice from Miller, but writing is a what to him?
(a) Secret.
(b) Danger.
(c) Gift.
(d) Calvary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?

2. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?

3. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.

5. Miller recalls being disciplined (thrashed) by his father how many times?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Ephraim Doner ended up in Europe?

2. What is Harvey's affliction and what does Miller advise to him in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1?

3. What are some of the eccentricities of "The Anderson Creek Gang," which Miller describes in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 2?

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

5. What does Miller write of Dianetics in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 9? What is Dianetics?

6. Who is able to thrive in Big Sur and who is not, according to Miller in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?

7. What does Miller write of Tolstoy in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7? How does his domestic life relate to Miller's?

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

9. What is the main question posed in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 10? Where does Miller gain insight in this subject?

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

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