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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 would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Ned.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Roger.
(d) Phil.

2. 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) Modern amenities.
(b) Help from neighbors.
(c) Monetary gain.
(d) Things to come easy.

3. 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) Walton's.
(d) Myanak's.

4. The adventures of Chama take place where?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) New York.
(d) Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?

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

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

5. Miller asserts that few city dwellers can stand solitude, but communities built on _____ and detachment are inevitable in this destructive world.

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