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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) Life.
(b) Earth.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Death.

2. Which child is a Miller favorite, gentle, silent, and thankful for everything, probably a result of the torments he has endured having birth defects corrected?
(a) Peter Eames.
(b) Peter Houghland.
(c) "Little Mike" Hougland.
(d) Butch Eames.

3. What is the colony of artists referred to at Big Sur in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 2?
(a) The Anderson Creek Gang.
(b) The Big Sur Family.
(c) The Monterey Circle.
(d) The Anderson Street Gang.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?

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

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

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

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