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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. Miller writes in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that he who comes to Big Sur must come with capable hands, a strong heart, and a sense of humor, and expect no _______.
(a) Monetary gain.
(b) Things to come easy.
(c) Modern amenities.
(d) Help from neighbors.

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

3. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?
(a) 100.
(b) 12.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

4. One tourist visits Miller to spend hours looking through his what?
(a) Oil paintings.
(b) Poems.
(c) Books.
(d) Watercolors.

5. Where does Miller send Chama when he runs out of stories in an urban setting?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Paris.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Henry Miller grow up?

2. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?

3. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?

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

5. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?

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