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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller recalls being disciplined (thrashed) by his father how many times?
(a) Once.
(b) Three times.
(c) Dozens of times.
(d) Twice.

2. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

3. Miller writes that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."
(a) Life.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Death.
(d) Earth.

4. Who is the octogenarian Miller often meets at the sulfur baths in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 5?
(a) Oden Wharton.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Emil White.

5. Who is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?
(a) Rev. Buckwell.
(b) Rev. Story.
(c) Rev. Maxwell.
(d) Rev. Greenwall.

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

7. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?
(a) Gerhart Meunch.
(b) Norman Mini.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Gilbert Neiman.

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

9. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?
(a) Love.
(b) Light.
(c) Life.
(d) Beauty.

10. What does Miller find to be a constant nuisance in the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Infatuated fans.
(b) Ex-wives.
(c) Children.
(d) Neighborhood dogs.

11. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Simon.
(d) Butch.

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

13. Where does the Basque girl go after leaving Big Sur?
(a) Duck Creek, MT.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller gets detailed letters on bladder care from a man where?

2. 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?

3. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?

4. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 10 that normal children are natural what?

5. Who is the author of The Thirteen Crucified Saviours?

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