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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 asserts that all has been said and done and all one can add is what?
(a) Paint.
(b) Adornment.
(c) Amen.
(d) Imitations.

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

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

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.
(a) Fortitude.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Humility.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?

3. Miller quotes a long passage from whose Travel Diary about the perfection of Japanese women and how Western women fail to imitate them?

4. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?

5. Who operates the upscale Nepenthe Restaurant and let their five children run wild without thought of discipline?

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