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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Jack Morgenrath.
(d) Emil White.

2. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1947.

3. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Henry Miller.

4. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Ned.
(c) Roger.
(d) Phil.

5. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?
(a) Jake Kenney.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Niels Scharmosky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?

2. What is Hieronymus Bosch's most widely known triptych?

3. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?

4. Who operates the upscale Nepenthe Restaurant and let their five children run wild without thought of discipline?

5. Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium is the title of what?

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