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

2. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?
(a) Corn husks.
(b) Newspaper articles.
(c) Book manuscripts.
(d) Failed paintings.

3. What neighbor and benefactor of Miller's is trying to find herself in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7?
(a) Jean Wharton.
(b) Emily Wharton.
(c) Oden Wharton.
(d) Annette Rockefeller.

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

5. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?

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

3. Miller asserts in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that people fail to realize that life is what?

4. What religion do people say Jean Wharton is?

5. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?

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