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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 quotes a long passage from whose Travel Diary about the perfection of Japanese women and how Western women fail to imitate them?
(a) Conrad's.
(b) Keyserling's.
(c) Myanak's.
(d) Walton's.

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

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

4. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?
(a) Jackie Ross.
(b) Phillip Simmons.
(c) Paul Burts.
(d) Eddie Carney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?

2. Miller writes that in 19__ the U.S. tried to fix the world's problems, but had itself deteriorated.

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

4. From where does the Basque girl write to Miller for help?

5. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?

(see the answer key)

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