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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. Miller writes in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that he who comes to Big Sur must come with capable hands, a strong heart, and a sense of humor, and expect no _______.
(a) Things to come easy.
(b) Help from neighbors.
(c) Modern amenities.
(d) Monetary gain.

2. 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) Ralph.
(c) Henry.
(d) Mary.

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

4. Miller quotes a long passage from whose Travel Diary about the perfection of Japanese women and how Western women fail to imitate them?
(a) Keyserling's.
(b) Conrad's.
(c) Myanak's.
(d) Walton's.

5. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?
(a) Gilbert Neiman.
(b) Gerhart Meunch.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Norman Mini.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miller send Chama when he runs out of stories in an urban setting?

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

3. Who is the octogenarian Miller often meets at the sulfur baths in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 5?

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

5. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?

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