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

2. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?
(a) Henry Miller.
(b) Lillian Bos Ross.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.

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

4. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?

5. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?

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