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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 would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Roger.
(b) Ned.
(c) Phil.
(d) Ralph.

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

3. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?
(a) Lilik Schatz.
(b) Lilik Leys.
(c) Geoff Schatz.
(d) Gordon Lifshitz.

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.
(a) Solitude.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Humility.

5. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.
(a) Super-reality.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Tranquility.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?

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

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

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

5. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?

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