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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. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?
(a) Family.
(b) Love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Art.

2. What is the title of Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 3, and refers to bedtime stories that Miller tells his children?
(a) "The City Mouse."
(b) "B as in Baxter."
(c) "The Chama Serial."
(d) "The Karma Series."

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

4. Who swears that he hears mysterious music coming from Miller's cabin rather than from his own head?
(a) Neiman.
(b) White.
(c) Moricand.
(d) Muench.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?

2. Almost how many artists of all sorts come through Big Sur in Henry Miller's twelve years there?

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

4. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?

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

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