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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. What religion do people say Jean Wharton is?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Polish Catholic.
(c) Calvinist.
(d) Christian Scientist.

2. Who is Miller's favorite of the child painters in Big Sur?
(a) Timmy Conway.
(b) Tasha Doner.
(c) Brian Cooper.
(d) Butch Eames.

3. Who is the author of The Thirteen Crucified Saviours?
(a) Sir Godfrey Higgins.
(b) James Conrad.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Jean Wharton.

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. Miller gets detailed letters on bladder care from a man where?
(a) In an asylum.
(b) In a nursing home.
(c) In prison.
(d) In New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is Miller in Villa Seurat?

2. Who is a gifted story teller and expert in literature who suffers writer's block in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 1?

3. Where did Henry Miller grow up?

4. With whom does Miller go to see reproductions of Turner works?

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

(see the answer key)

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