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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 finds American meals and what to be insufficient?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Cheese.
2. What is an absolute reality for Moricand?
(a) Evil.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) God.
3. Miller believes that young writers must learn by personal experience and lacks both the energy and knowledge to do what?
(a) Refer publishers.
(b) Evaluate students.
(c) Teach.
(d) Evaluate manuscripts.
4. In Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 15, Miller writes that unless one knows where one is going, ____ leads there.
(a) The wrong road.
(b) The last road.
(c) No road.
(d) Any road.
5. Miller's early mornings are taken up by ____, breakfast, and playing with the baby.
(a) Church.
(b) Painting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Walks.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. Miller writes that what is a healing process, in the Epilogue?
3. Moricand tells Val a winding tale about Paris that ends with him buying the services of a what?
4. In the Epilogue, Miller is interrupted by neighbors needing help and household chores, including buckets of diapers to wash where?
5. In Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13, Miller contemplates how little ___ debates on ending fighting accomplish.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Moricand write of his experience in the wars in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
2. How does Miller work to solicit money for Conrad Moricand during their friendship?
3. What is Moricand's philosophy on life? Does Miller agree or disagree?
4. What happens when Moricand attempts to find work after leaving Big Sur? What attempts are made to help him?
5. What marital problems does Miller encounter during Part 3, Paradise Lost and how does he deal with them?
6. How does Miller learn of Moricand's death?
7. How does Miller describe his "addiction" to writing letters in the Epilogue?
8. What is Moricand's reaction to the rainy season in Big Sur? Who is called in to see him?
9. What is Miller's conclusion of Big Sur upon the Epilogue of the novel?
10. How does Miller describe Slade's Springs in the text?
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