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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. Moricand gives Miller a precious copy of what?
(a) Balzac's Metamorphosis.
(b) Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
(c) Finnegan's Wake.
(d) Balzac's Seraphita.

2. Moricand rants about Wharton wanting him to read who?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Mary Baker Eddy.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Kant.

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

4. Miller's early mornings are taken up by ____, breakfast, and playing with the baby.
(a) Writing.
(b) Church.
(c) Walks.
(d) Painting.

5. Where does Miller put Moricand up in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," while he is having hospital testing done?
(a) Amawakee Hotel.
(b) Hotel Montreal.
(c) Minowak Inn.
(d) Hotel Serra.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 15, Miller writes that unless one knows where one is going, ____ leads there.

2. Miller writes that people will do anything for ____, even piously chopping off heads in the French Revolution.

3. Moricand refuses to teach who French, feeling that American children are undisciplined?

4. Whose maxim is it that genuine needs are always met?

5. Where does Miller take Moricand to the hospital in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Moricand's philosophy on life? Does Miller agree or disagree?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Moricand write of his experience in the wars in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

10. What fineries does Moricand insist upon? How does Miller react to Moricand's things?

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