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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. Miller writes that in 19__ the U.S. tried to fix the world's problems, but had itself deteriorated.
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 45.

2. What book of Miller's was banned in the United States?
(a) Tropic of Cancer.
(b) Crazy Cook.
(c) Black Spring.
(d) Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.

3. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?
(a) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Lillian Bos Ross.
(d) Henry Miller.

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

5. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?
(a) Simon.
(b) Peter.
(c) Butch.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?

3. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?

4. Miller is sometimes surprised by revelations of household tragedies too great to describe, even by who, whose domestic life is a sad joke?

5. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?

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