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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 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miller do when his wife and children disappear and he has no means of communication?
(a) Knits.
(b) Writes.
(c) Sings.
(d) Prays.

2. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?
(a) Conrad Moricand.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Emil White.
(d) Jack Morgenrath.

3. A Basque girl visits Miller, freezing and starving, to ask his views on who?
(a) Kant.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Hitler.

4. Which family at Big Sur hails from Mexico and embodies the virtues that Americans most undervalue, according to Miller?
(a) The Lopez family.
(b) The Lee family.
(c) The Diaz family.
(d) The Inez family.

5. What denomination of preacher is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Pentecostal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller writes that British correspondents are the most vapid, with the exception of poet Lawrence Durrell and the elderly but ever enthusiastic ______.

2. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?

3. Who has suffered much from the correction of physical defects but is a miniature Ramakrishna, thankful for everything?

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

5. Miller gets detailed letters on bladder care from a man where?

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