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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?
(a) "The Chama Serial."
(b) "The Karma Series."
(c) "B as in Baxter."
(d) "The City Mouse."

2. Who is the impoverished, fatalistic astrologer for whom Miller is made financially responsible from Paris in 1936-39?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Emile White.
(c) Mohammed Ali Sarwat.
(d) Jean Wharton.

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

4. Where is Moricand living when he meets Miller?
(a) Hotel Paris.
(b) Hotel Montedori.
(c) Hotel Bentley.
(d) Hotel Modial.

5. Miller reads what without prejudice in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Key to the Scriptures.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Percy Shelley.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the Basque girl write to Miller for help?

2. Where does Moricand move after leaving Big Sur?

3. Miller asserts that Americans enjoy the highest standard of living but spend more on fighting what than curing serious diseases?

4. Miller writes that in 19__ the U.S. tried to fix the world's problems, but had itself deteriorated.

5. Moricand's war experiences began where?

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