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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. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?
(a) Gordon Lifshitz.
(b) Geoff Schatz.
(c) Lilik Leys.
(d) Lilik Schatz.

2. Where does the Basque girl go after leaving Big Sur?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) Duck Creek, MT.

3. In what year is Miller in Villa Seurat?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1941.

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

5. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?
(a) Good subject.
(b) Good framing.
(c) Good hanging.
(d) Good lighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller receives letters from Ethiopia and Cairo, recommending that he read who?

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

3. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?

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

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

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