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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 does Moricand declare life to be?
(a) A heaven.
(b) A steady climb.
(c) A Calvary.
(d) A Karmic eden.

2. What astrological sign is Henry Miller?
(a) Gemini.
(b) Capricorn.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Cancer.

3. If the weather is nice, Miller does what instead of writing?
(a) Goes to church.
(b) Paints.
(c) Walks to town.
(d) Jogs.

4. The Epilogue opens by describing three-day-a-week mail service by who?
(a) Mike.
(b) Jim.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miller addicted to doing?

2. Moricand tells Val a winding tale about Paris that ends with him buying the services of a what?

3. What gift does Moricand present to Miller in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," saying it had been in his family for generations?

4. Moricand surprises Miller in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," by saying that it is _____ to care for someone and require him to do nothing.

5. Who sets Moricand up with a countess who collects occultists?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miller associate astrology with schizophrenia?

2. How does Miller describe Slade's Springs in the text?

3. What does Miller write about astrology in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

4. What does Moricand think of Wharton's healing powers?

5. What is Miller's wife's reaction to Conrad Moricand? How does Moricand's first impression fade?

6. What criticisms does Miller assert of American values in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 15?

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

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

9. Who is Conrad Moricand and how does Miller know him?

10. What does Miller note of artistic grants in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 15?

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