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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. With whom does Miller go to see reproductions of Turner works?
2. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?
3. Where does Miller describe his archives in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 8?
4. Who reserves two rooms in his new estate for the Millers?
5. Where was Ephraim Doner born and raised?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who helps Miller with his children following his divorce from Janina? What is the outcome?
2. What does Miller assert as signs of the "system breaking down" in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium"?
3. How had Ephraim Doner ended up in Europe?
4. What does Miller write of Dianetics in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 9? What is Dianetics?
5. Miller writes commentary in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium, examining the American Dream. What are his major points?
6. How does Miller describe "Karma" or balance in "The Part of Fortune"?
7. Who is Miller's favorite local painter at Big Sur? In what ways does Miller work to improve his own work?
8. What family lives in the center of Big Sur's community? Where in the text does Miller describe this family and others?
9. Who is able to thrive in Big Sur and who is not, according to Miller in Part 1, The Oranges of the Millennium?
10. What does Miller write of the Lopez family and their children? Who does he contrast this family with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the figure of Conrad Moricand. What does Moricand represent structurally and thematically in the novel? How does he relate to the protagonist?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the major points of conflict in Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. What conflicts in the novel are external? Which are internal? How does Miller build tension in Part 3 through conflict?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Miller's philosophy of art and painting in Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. When did Miller begin painting and what inspired him?
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