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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 people will do anything for ____, even piously chopping off heads in the French Revolution.
(a) Religion.
(b) Faith.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

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

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

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

5. Miller finds, in the Epilogue, that working when is impossible?
(a) At night.
(b) At dawn.
(c) In the daytime.
(d) At noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an absolute reality for Moricand?

2. Miller states that monkeys picking one another's fleas accomplish more than what?

3. What astrological sign is Henry Miller?

4. Wharton floats, radiantly, into Miller's garden with a lantern and what in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What thoughts does Miller share of painting and writing versus living in the Epilogue?

2. What is Moricand's reaction to the rainy season in Big Sur? Who is called in to see him?

3. Who does Miller call for to help take care of Moricand in Part 3, Paradise Lost? What is Moricand's condition at this point?

4. How does Miller describe his walk home from the sulfur baths in the Epilogue?

5. How does Miller associate astrology with schizophrenia?

6. How does Miller describe reading fan mail in the Epilogue?

7. What is Miller's intention to the reader in writing the Epilogue?

8. What affliction does Moricand develop during his stay in Big Sur?

9. What are the similarities and differences between Conrad Moricand and Henry Miller?

10. What is Miller's conclusion of Big Sur upon the Epilogue of the novel?

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