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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. Part 3, "Paradise Lost," refers to a poem by whom?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Dante.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) John Milton.

2. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?
(a) Odors.
(b) Microbes.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Tax wars.

3. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 12.

4. What is Hieronymus Bosch's most widely known triptych?
(a) The Cave of Pythagorus.
(b) The Garden of Earthly Delights.
(c) Venus.
(d) The Three Marys.

5. Despite his poverty, Moricand insists on fine clothing, perfume, and _____.
(a) Hair oil.
(b) Skin care.
(c) Stationery.
(d) Ink pens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller writes that when patience fails, there is always what?

2. Who operates the upscale Nepenthe Restaurant and let their five children run wild without thought of discipline?

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

4. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?

5. One day in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 14, Miller meets a blubbery maharajah from where?

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