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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. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?
(a) "B as in Baxter."
(b) "The City Mouse."
(c) "The Karma Series."
(d) "The Chama Serial."

2. Where does the Basque girl go after leaving Big Sur?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Duck Creek, MT.
(d) Paris, France.

3. Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?
(a) Niels Scharmosky.
(b) Conrad Moricand.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Norman Mini.

4. Who is Miller's favorite of the child painters in Big Sur?
(a) Brian Cooper.
(b) Butch Eames.
(c) Tasha Doner.
(d) Timmy Conway.

5. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?
(a) Postcards.
(b) Calendars.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Miller go to see reproductions of Turner works?

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

3. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7 that Americans worship _____ and tell others that they do not know how to live.

4. What neighbor and benefactor of Miller's is trying to find herself in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7?

5. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?

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