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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. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

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 Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?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

3. Miller asserts in Part 1, "The Oranges of the Millennium," that people fail to realize that life is what?
(a) In God's image.
(b) A dream.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Serious.

4. 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 _______.
(a) Monetary gain.
(b) Things to come easy.
(c) Modern amenities.
(d) Help from neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miller writes that people need what as much as they ignore it?

3. What lessens the idealism of Big Sur as a place for Miller to write?

4. What family's home is often mistaken for a cafe, so they accommodate by selling sandwiches?

5. Miller asserts that few city dwellers can stand solitude, but communities built on _____ and detachment are inevitable in this destructive world.

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