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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. Miller gets detailed letters on bladder care from a man where?
(a) In a nursing home.
(b) In prison.
(c) In New York.
(d) In an asylum.

2. Miller writes that Big Sur feels naked and vulnerable, an apt setting for what?
(a) Melodramas.
(b) Greek tragedies.
(c) Shakespearean tragedies.
(d) Roman tragedies.

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

4. Who is living in the studio and offers to help Miller take care of his children following the breakup of his marriage?
(a) Walter Matthews.
(b) Wilbur Robinson.
(c) Walter Winslow.
(d) Wilson Winslow.

5. Which Big Sur resident is a Dresden, Germany-born pianist, composer, and musical scholar?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Norman Mini.
(c) Gerhart Meunch.
(d) Gilbert Neiman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller recalls being disciplined (thrashed) by his father how many times?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the colony of artists referred to at Big Sur in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 2?

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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