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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 swears that he hears mysterious music coming from Miller's cabin rather than from his own head?
(a) Neiman.
(b) Moricand.
(c) White.
(d) Muench.

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

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

4. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

5. Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium is the title of what?
(a) A painting.
(b) A song.
(c) A poem.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost how many artists of all sorts come through Big Sur in Henry Miller's twelve years there?

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

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

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

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

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