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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Paradise Lost, pgs. 309-349.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can improve bad painting, according to Miller?
(a) Good subject.
(b) Good framing.
(c) Good lighting.
(d) Good hanging.

2. What does Moricand declare life to be?
(a) A heaven.
(b) A Calvary.
(c) A steady climb.
(d) A Karmic eden.

3. Who is Miller's brother-in-law in Jerusalem?
(a) Lilik Leys.
(b) Geoff Schatz.
(c) Gordon Lifshitz.
(d) Lilik Schatz.

4. Miller writes that if Jesus were to come back to earth, he would more likely sell what than send others off to die in war?
(a) Dictionaries.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Vacuums.
(d) Magazines.

5. Miller finds it maddening as an artist to be incapable of capturing what adequately?
(a) Love.
(b) Light.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Big Sur Guide?

2. Miller writes in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7 that Americans worship _____ and tell others that they do not know how to live.

3. Miller writes that Big Sur feels naked and vulnerable, an apt setting for 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 is the author of The Thirteen Crucified Saviours?

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