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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. Miller asserts in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that people fail to realize that life is what?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Serious.
(c) A dream.
(d) In God's image.

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

3. Where does Miller send Chama when he runs out of stories in an urban setting?
(a) Italy.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Paris.

4. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?
(a) Norman Mini.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Gilbert Neiman.
(d) Gerhart Meunch.

5. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.
(a) Fortitude.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Humility.
(d) Quiet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miller writes that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."

3. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?

4. Miller writes in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that he who comes to Big Sur must come with capable hands, a strong heart, and a sense of humor, and expect no _______.

5. What is Hieronymus Bosch's most widely known triptych?

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