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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Paradise Lost, pgs. 349-385.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Almost how many artists of all sorts come through Big Sur in Henry Miller's twelve years there?
(a) 200.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

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

4. Moricand finds American meals and what to be insufficient?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Tobacco.

5. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?
(a) A sasquach.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Shadows.
(d) UFOs.

Short Answer Questions

1. A brilliant young French-Canadian ponders his role in life in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 9, quoting Joseph Delteil and Chesterton on who?

2. What does Moricand assert gives character and strength?

3. Where does Miller take Moricand to the hospital in Part 3, "Paradise Lost"?

4. Who did Moricand work for during the war?

5. With whom does Miller go to see reproductions of Turner works?

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