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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. Where does Miller describe his archives in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 8?
(a) Library of Congress.
(b) U.C.L.A. Library.
(c) N.Y.U. Library.
(d) Columbia Library.

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

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?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Responsible.
(d) Wise.

4. Miller gets detailed letters on bladder care from a man where?
(a) In an asylum.
(b) In prison.
(c) In a nursing home.
(d) In New York.

5. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?
(a) A sasquach.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) UFOs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller states that well-behaved children rarely grow into what kind of adults?

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

3. Who is the author of The Thirteen Crucified Saviours?

4. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?

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?

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