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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 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 10 that normal children are natural what?
(a) Hell-raisers.
(b) Saints.
(c) Angels.
(d) Tree-climbers.

2. A Basque girl visits Miller, freezing and starving, to ask his views on who?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Kant.

3. Who prefers subsistence farming over architecture, according to Miller?
(a) Warren Leopold.
(b) Hudson Kimbell.
(c) Oden Wharton.
(d) Howard Welch.

4. Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 14, "A Day at the Baths," sketches ______, a place of solitude when Miller is lucky.
(a) Johnson Springs.
(b) Kineback Springs.
(c) Slade's Springs.
(d) Oregon Springs.

5. Who is a gifted story teller and expert in literature who suffers writer's block in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 1?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Mary.
(c) Henry.
(d) Harvey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What denomination of preacher is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?

2. Miller questions that if Jesus were to come back again, people might do what to him?

3. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13 that one must go through life learning what no one teaches and touching the sublime by doing the what?

4. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?

5. Miller asserts that fanatics utter profound "second-hand ____" and sound ridiculous demonstrating them through trivia.

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