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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. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?
(a) A field of brush.
(b) A septic tank.
(c) A forest.
(d) His backyard.

2. What family's home is often mistaken for a cafe, so they accommodate by selling sandwiches?
(a) The Muench's.
(b) The Millers.
(c) The Whartons.
(d) The White's.

3. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 5,000.

4. Where does Miller send Chama when he runs out of stories in an urban setting?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Paris.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Italy.

5. Who operates the upscale Nepenthe Restaurant and let their five children run wild without thought of discipline?
(a) The Waltons.
(b) The Whites.
(c) The Fassetts.
(d) The Whartons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?

2. Where did Henry Miller grow up?

3. A Basque girl visits Miller, freezing and starving, to ask his views on who?

4. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?

5. Miller writes that Jews and _____ are America's only truly selfless givers.

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