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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller writes that Big Sur feels naked and vulnerable, an apt setting for what?
(a) Greek tragedies.
(b) Shakespearean tragedies.
(c) Roman tragedies.
(d) Melodramas.

2. 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 Anderson Creek Gang.
(c) The Anderson Street Gang.
(d) The Monterey Circle.

3. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?
(a) Henry Miller.
(b) Paul Rink.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Ralph.

4. Miller receives letters from Ethiopia and Cairo, recommending that he read who?
(a) Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz.
(b) Restif de la Bretonne.
(c) Sir Godfrey Higgins.
(d) Emil White.

5. Who penned The Keys to the Apocalypse?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz.
(c) Sir Godfrey Higgins.
(d) Charlotte Bronte.

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

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

8. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Super-reality.
(c) Tranquility.
(d) Imagery.

9. What does Miller use to wrap books in to send to friends?
(a) Corn husks.
(b) Failed paintings.
(c) Book manuscripts.
(d) Newspaper articles.

10. Where does Miller send Chama when he runs out of stories in an urban setting?
(a) Italy.
(b) Brazil.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Paris.

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

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

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) Humility.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Quiet.

14. 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) Harvey.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Henry.
(d) Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hieronymus Bosch's most widely known triptych?

2. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?

3. How many of the artists who come through Big Sur, in Miller's time there, are truly talented, according to Miller?

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

5. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?

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