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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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 Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?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

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

3. Which author is a Russian at heart and cannot find a publisher for his novel, The Falling Asleep?
(a) Jake Kenney.
(b) Niels Scharmosky.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Emil White.

4. What book of Miller's was banned in the United States?
(a) Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
(b) Black Spring.
(c) Crazy Cook.
(d) Tropic of Cancer.

5. Muench practicing who inspires Miller to paint music?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Ravel.
(c) Bach.
(d) Berlioz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?

2. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?

3. Miller writes in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that he who comes to Big Sur must come with capable hands, a strong heart, and a sense of humor, and expect no _______.

4. Miller writes that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."

5. Who is the octogenarian Miller often meets at the sulfur baths in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 5?

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