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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. Whose maxim is it that genuine needs are always met?
2. Who sets Moricand up with a countess who collects occultists?
3. Miller believes that young writers must learn by personal experience and lacks both the energy and knowledge to do what?
4. Who does Miller send word to in trying to get rid of Moricand in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
5. Moricand surprises Miller in Part 3, "Paradise Lost," by saying that it is _____ to care for someone and require him to do nothing.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Miller learn of Moricand's death?
2. What is Miller's assessment of bureaucracy and the U.N. in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 15? What symbolic comparison does he make in this chapter?
3. What fineries does Moricand insist upon? How does Miller react to Moricand's things?
4. How does Miller describe reading fan mail in the Epilogue?
5. What does Moricand think of Wharton's healing powers?
6. What does Moricand write of his experience in the wars in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
7. How does Miller describe his walk home from the sulfur baths in the Epilogue?
8. What thoughts does Miller share of painting and writing versus living in the Epilogue?
9. What does Miller write of Jesus Christ in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 13?
10. How does Miller describe Slade's Springs in the text?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the critical response to Miller's Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch? How did this differ from Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn? Why?
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
Describe Miller's wife and children in Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. How old are they? What is the nature of their relationships with Miller?
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