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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. Fledgling writers seek advice from Miller, but writing is a what to him?
(a) Calvary.
(b) Secret.
(c) Gift.
(d) Danger.

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

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

4. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Visitors.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Children.
(d) Weather.

5. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?
(a) Good subject.
(b) Good lighting.
(c) Good hanging.
(d) Good framing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miller describe his archives in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 8?

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

3. Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 9 opens with Miller borrowing the _____ concept of "clearing,"

4. Wharton has spent much time and effort helping people see positives in negatives, but most people live how?

5. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.

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