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

2. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

3. Who is a gifted story teller and expert in literature who suffers writer's block in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 1?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Mary.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ralph.

4. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?
(a) Henry Miller.
(b) Conrad Moricand.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Gerhart Muench.

5. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?

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

4. What family's home is often mistaken for a cafe, so they accommodate by selling sandwiches?

5. Miller asserts that few city dwellers can stand solitude, but communities built on _____ and detachment are inevitable in this destructive world.

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