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

2. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?
(a) Emil White.
(b) Gerhart Muench.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

3. Miller writes that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."
(a) Life.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Death.
(d) Earth.

4. Who was Miller's childhood friend and a victim of poison gas in World War I?
(a) Eddie Carney.
(b) Paul Burts.
(c) Jackie Ross.
(d) Phillip Simmons.

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?
(a) "The Chama Serial."
(b) "The City Mouse."
(c) "B as in Baxter."
(d) "The Karma Series."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begins a yearlong yarn about a superman-like character named Inch Connecticut?

2. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?

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

4. Which child is a Miller favorite, gentle, silent, and thankful for everything, probably a result of the torments he has endured having birth defects corrected?

5. Who swears that he hears mysterious music coming from Miller's cabin rather than from his own head?

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