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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 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Weather.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Children.

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

3. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Jack Morgenrath.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

4. What does Miller find to be a constant nuisance in the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Children.
(b) Infatuated fans.
(c) Neighborhood dogs.
(d) Ex-wives.

5. What book of Miller's was banned in the United States?
(a) Tropic of Cancer.
(b) Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
(c) Crazy Cook.
(d) Black Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?

2. Fledgling writers seek advice from Miller, but writing is a what to him?

3. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.

5. With whom does Miller go to see reproductions of Turner works?

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