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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 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who paints Miller's portrait as he is coming out of depression following his divorce?
(a) Abraham Doner.
(b) Abraham Schwartz.
(c) Ephraim Doner.
(d) Chaim Doner.

2. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?
(a) Norman Mini.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Gilbert Neiman.
(d) Gerhart Meunch.

3. Who is the octogenarian Miller often meets at the sulfur baths in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 5?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Oden Wharton.
(d) Emil White.

4. Where did Henry Miller grow up?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Big Sur, CA.
(c) Brooklyn, NY.
(d) Queens, NY.

5. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?

2. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?

3. The adventures of Chama take place where?

4. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?

5. Who penned The Keys to the Apocalypse?

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