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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Children.
(b) Weather.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Visitors.

2. What denomination of preacher is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Pentecostal.

3. The adventures of Chama take place where?
(a) Italy.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) New York.

4. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.
(a) Humility.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Quiet.

5. Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 9 opens with Miller borrowing the _____ concept of "clearing,"
(a) Quaker.
(b) Dianetics.
(c) Calvinist.
(d) Catholic.

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

7. 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?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mary.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Harvey.

8. When had Miller and Doner met in France?
(a) 1941/42.
(b) 1925/26.
(c) 1931/32.
(d) 1935/36.

9. Who swears that he hears mysterious music coming from Miller's cabin rather than from his own head?
(a) White.
(b) Moricand.
(c) Muench.
(d) Neiman.

10. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?
(a) Good subject.
(b) Good lighting.
(c) Good framing.
(d) Good hanging.

11. Where was Ephraim Doner born and raised?
(a) Germany.
(b) Vilna,
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

12. Almost how many artists of all sorts come through Big Sur in Henry Miller's twelve years there?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 50.

13. How old is Miller's favorite young painter at Big Sur?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

14. How had Doner supported himself in southern Europe?
(a) Sketching portraits.
(b) Playing piano.
(c) Playing cello.
(d) Sculpting for commissions.

15. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7 that Americans worship _____ and tell others that they do not know how to live.
(a) Materialism.
(b) Abundance.
(c) Oil.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One tourist visits Miller to spend hours looking through his what?

3. Miller receives letters from Ethiopia and Cairo, recommending that he read who?

4. What religion do people say Jean Wharton is?

5. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?

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