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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 is sometimes surprised by revelations of household tragedies too great to describe, even by who, whose domestic life is a sad joke?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) James.

2. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 11?
(a) "The Millennium of Hieronymus Bosch."
(b) "Down the Trestle."
(c) "Visitors."
(d) "Testimonial in Ut-Mineur."

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

4. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?
(a) Family.
(b) Love.
(c) Art.
(d) Friendship.

5. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?
(a) Corn husks.
(b) Newspaper articles.
(c) Failed paintings.
(d) Book manuscripts.

Short Answer Questions

1. One tourist visits Miller to spend hours looking through his what?

2. Miller writes that Jews and _____ are America's only truly selfless givers.

3. Miller writes that if Jesus were to come back to earth, he would more likely sell what than send others off to die in war?

4. Miller writes that people will do anything for ____, even piously chopping off heads in the French Revolution.

5. Who prefers subsistence farming over architecture, according to Miller?

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