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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. Where does Moricand move after leaving Big Sur?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Francisco.
2. Moricand detests the Republic and seems to have had prior lives in ancient Alexandria and where else?
(a) Greece.
(b) Persia.
(c) Britain.
(d) Rome.
3. An amalgam of types, Moricand is above all a ______.
(a) Gloomy Gus.
(b) Crab.
(c) Snake.
(d) Debbie Downer.
4. Moricand rants about Wharton wanting him to read who?
(a) Kant.
(b) Mary Baker Eddy.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Nietzsche.
5. Miller finds, in the Epilogue, that working when is impossible?
(a) At noon.
(b) At night.
(c) In the daytime.
(d) At dawn.
Short Answer Questions
1. Moricand surprises Miller in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," by saying that it is _____ to care for someone and require him to do nothing.
2. Miller talks his friends into commissioning what from Moricand and eventually invents customers, for whom he pays?
3. How far are the sulfur baths from Miller's home, round-trip, in the Epilogue?
4. Who does Miller state carries self-sufficiency to the extreme?
5. Part 3, "Paradise Lost," refers to a poem by whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Miller's wife's reaction to Conrad Moricand? How does Moricand's first impression fade?
2. How does Miller come to invite Moricand to Big Sur in the novel?
3. What does Miller note of artistic grants in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 15?
4. What does Moricand write of his experience in the wars in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
5. What affliction does Moricand develop during his stay in Big Sur?
6. What are the similarities and differences between Conrad Moricand and Henry Miller?
7. Who does Miller call for to help take care of Moricand in Part 3, Paradise Lost? What is Moricand's condition at this point?
8. What fineries does Moricand insist upon? How does Miller react to Moricand's things?
9. How does Miller describe Slade's Springs in the text?
10. What does Moricand complain about after meeting with Wharton in Part 3, Paradise Lost?
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