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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the colony of artists referred to at Big Sur in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 2?
(a) The Big Sur Family.
(b) The Monterey Circle.
(c) The Anderson Street Gang.
(d) The Anderson Creek Gang.

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

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

4. Where did Henry Miller grow up?
(a) Brooklyn, NY.
(b) Queens, NY.
(c) Big Sur, CA.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

5. What family's home is often mistaken for a cafe, so they accommodate by selling sandwiches?
(a) The White's.
(b) The Whartons.
(c) The Millers.
(d) The Muench's.

6. In what year is Miller in Villa Seurat?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1936.

7. From where does the Basque girl write to Miller for help?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) Washington, D.C.

8. Miller quotes a long passage from whose Travel Diary about the perfection of Japanese women and how Western women fail to imitate them?
(a) Keyserling's.
(b) Conrad's.
(c) Walton's.
(d) Myanak's.

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

10. Who paints Miller's portrait as he is coming out of depression following his divorce?
(a) Abraham Doner.
(b) Abraham Schwartz.
(c) Chaim Doner.
(d) Ephraim Doner.

11. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?
(a) A forest.
(b) His backyard.
(c) A field of brush.
(d) A septic tank.

12. Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Norman Mini.
(d) Niels Scharmosky.

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

14. Who reserves two rooms in his new estate for the Millers?
(a) Ephraim Doner.
(b) Eugene Pachutinsky.
(c) Jean Wharton.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?

2. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?

3. What denomination of preacher is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?

4. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?

5. Who is Miller's favorite of the child painters in Big Sur?

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