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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 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) John Cowper Powys.
(c) William Keys.
(d) Brant Brandon.

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

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

4. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?
(a) Family.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Love.
(d) Art.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?

2. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?

3. When had Miller and Doner met in France?

4. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7 that Americans worship _____ and tell others that they do not know how to live.

5. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?

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