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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Paradise Lost, pgs. 275-309.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?
(a) Postcards.
(b) Calendars.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Books.

3. According to Miller, the Western home is a _____.
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Battlefield.
(d) Sanctuary.

4. What Egyptian wants to be Miller's valet to survive in materialistic America?
(a) Warren Leopold.
(b) Mohammed Ali Lebon.
(c) Howard Welch.
(d) Mohammed Ali Sarwat.

5. In what year does Moricand come to stay with the Millers?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller questions that if Jesus were to come back again, people might do what to him?

2. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?

3. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?

4. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?

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

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