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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 that Big Sur feels naked and vulnerable, an apt setting for what?
(a) Melodramas.
(b) Shakespearean tragedies.
(c) Roman tragedies.
(d) Greek tragedies.

2. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Conrad Moricand.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Paul Rink.

3. What religion do people say Jean Wharton is?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Christian Scientist.
(c) Calvinist.
(d) Polish Catholic.

4. Miller writes that people will do anything for ____, even piously chopping off heads in the French Revolution.
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Money.
(d) Religion.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?

2. Which child is a Miller favorite, gentle, silent, and thankful for everything, probably a result of the torments he has endured having birth defects corrected?

3. Whose maxim is it that genuine needs are always met?

4. How old is Miller's favorite young painter at Big Sur?

5. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?

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