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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 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.
(a) Solitude.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Humility.

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

3. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.
(a) William Keys.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) John Cowper Powys.
(d) Brant Brandon.

4. Who is Miller's favorite of the child painters in Big Sur?
(a) Brian Cooper.
(b) Butch Eames.
(c) Tasha Doner.
(d) Timmy Conway.

5. In what year does Miller arrive in Big Sur?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miller describe his archives in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 8?

2. Who is a gifted story teller and expert in literature who suffers writer's block in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 1?

3. All of the animals and plants in Bosch's paintings share a magic _____.

4. What does Miller save and study to learn other painters' art?

5. 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 _______.

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