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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. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?
(a) Bach.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Berlioz.
(d) Ravel.

2. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Weather.
(b) Children.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Isolation.

3. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?
(a) Shadows.
(b) A sasquach.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) UFOs.

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

5. 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) Mary.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?

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

3. 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 _______.

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

5. Miller writes that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."

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