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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 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the family's name who keeps watch over the octogenarian from the sulfur baths?
(a) Dodson.
(b) Eames.
(c) Wharton.
(d) White.

2. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Jack Morgenrath.

3. What does Miller find to be a constant nuisance in the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Children.
(b) Ex-wives.
(c) Infatuated fans.
(d) Neighborhood dogs.

4. What is Hieronymus Bosch's most widely known triptych?
(a) The Garden of Earthly Delights.
(b) Venus.
(c) The Three Marys.
(d) The Cave of Pythagorus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?

2. What book of Miller's was banned in the United States?

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

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 Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?

5. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?

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