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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 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?
(a) Weather.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Children.
(d) Visitors.

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

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 Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hieronymus Bosch's The Millennium is the title of what?

2. What is the colony of artists referred to at Big Sur in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 2?

3. Who is the author of The Stranger in Big Sur?

4. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?

5. A Dutch visitor upbraids Miller for clearing what instead of writing?

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