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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 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Super-reality.
(d) Beauty.

3. Miller asserts that few city dwellers can stand solitude, but communities built on _____ and detachment are inevitable in this destructive world.
(a) Evolution.
(b) Simplification.
(c) Benevolence.
(d) Religion.

4. Almost how many artists of all sorts come through Big Sur in Henry Miller's twelve years there?
(a) 200.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 100.

5. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Phil.
(b) Ned.
(c) Roger.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller asserts in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that people fail to realize that life is what?

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

3. What does Miller find to be a constant nuisance in the beginning of the narrative?

4. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?

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

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