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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. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Super-reality.
(d) Imagery.

2. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?
(a) Good lighting.
(b) Good hanging.
(c) Good subject.
(d) Good framing.

3. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?
(a) The Inez family.
(b) The Lee family.
(c) The Diaz family.
(d) The Lopez family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?

2. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?

3. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?

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

5. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?

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