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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Epilogue is originally a _____ to send to fans to explain why Miller cannot answer mail.
(a) Missive.
(b) Letter.
(c) Pamphlet.
(d) Bible.

2. 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) Solitude.
(c) Humility.
(d) Fortitude.

3. What family's home is often mistaken for a cafe, so they accommodate by selling sandwiches?
(a) The Whartons.
(b) The Millers.
(c) The White's.
(d) The Muench's.

4. What neighbor and benefactor of Miller's is trying to find herself in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 7?
(a) Emily Wharton.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Oden Wharton.
(d) Annette Rockefeller.

5. Who is the author of The Thirteen Crucified Saviours?
(a) James Conrad.
(b) Jean Wharton.
(c) Sir Godfrey Higgins.
(d) Emil White.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 13, Miller contemplates how little ___ debates on ending fighting accomplish.

2. The Epilogue opens by describing three-day-a-week mail service by who?

3. Miller writes that "one must find new ways of looking at things to see ______ undiminished by creation's flaws."

4. Where was Ephraim Doner born and raised?

5. Miller is sometimes surprised by revelations of household tragedies too great to describe, even by who, whose domestic life is a sad joke?

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