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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 "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."
(a) Paradise.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Earth.

2. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 10 that normal children are natural what?
(a) Hell-raisers.
(b) Tree-climbers.
(c) Angels.
(d) Saints.

3. Miller asserts in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that people fail to realize that life is what?
(a) A dream.
(b) In God's image.
(c) Serious.
(d) Dangerous.

4. Miller writes that Jews and _____ are America's only truly selfless givers.
(a) Indians.
(b) Goys.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Blacks.

5. Wharton has spent much time and effort helping people see positives in negatives, but most people live how?
(a) Artistically.
(b) Spontaneously.
(c) Myopically.
(d) Fearfully.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?

2. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?

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

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.

5. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.

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