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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 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where does the Basque girl write to Miller for help?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

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

4. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?
(a) Love.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Art.
(d) Family.

5. Where did Henry Miller grow up?
(a) Queens, NY.
(b) Big Sur, CA.
(c) Brooklyn, NY.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miller's favorite of the child painters in Big Sur?

2. Who is the octogenarian Miller often meets at the sulfur baths in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 5?

3. What religion do people say Jean Wharton is?

4. The adventures of Chama take place where?

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

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