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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 that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."
(a) Paradise.
(b) Earth.
(c) Life.
(d) Death.

2. Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?
(a) Niels Scharmosky.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Norman Mini.

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

4. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?
(a) Simon.
(b) Paul.
(c) Butch.
(d) Peter.

5. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?
(a) A field of brush.
(b) A forest.
(c) A septic tank.
(d) His backyard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?

4. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?

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

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