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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. Where does Miller describe his archives in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 8?
(a) U.C.L.A. Library.
(b) N.Y.U. Library.
(c) Columbia Library.
(d) Library of Congress.

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

3. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Phil.
(b) Ned.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Roger.

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

5. Miller must refrain from admiring any belonging of Moricand's, lest he insist on what?
(a) He borrow it.
(b) He destroy it.
(c) He take it.
(d) He sell it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the colony of artists referred to at Big Sur in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 2?

2. How old is Miller's favorite young painter at Big Sur?

3. Where does the Basque girl go after leaving Big Sur?

4. In Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13, Miller contemplates how little ___ debates on ending fighting accomplish.

5. Wharton has spent much time and effort helping people see positives in negatives, but most people live how?

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