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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. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?
(a) Jake Kenney.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Niels Scharmosky.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

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

3. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?
(a) Art.
(b) Family.
(c) Love.
(d) Friendship.

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

5. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?
(a) "The Chama Serial."
(b) "B as in Baxter."
(c) "The City Mouse."
(d) "The Karma Series."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium is the title of what?

4. Miller asserts that all has been said and done and all one can add is what?

5. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?

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