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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who penned The Keys to the Apocalypse?
(a) Sir Godfrey Higgins.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Charlotte Bronte.
(d) Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz.

2. Miller writes that when patience fails, there is always what?
(a) Time.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

3. Miller asserts that fanatics utter profound "second-hand ____" and sound ridiculous demonstrating them through trivia.
(a) Lies.
(b) Truths.
(c) Utterances.
(d) Falsehoods.

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

5. What is Hieronymus Bosch's most widely known triptych?
(a) The Cave of Pythagorus.
(b) Venus.
(c) The Three Marys.
(d) The Garden of Earthly Delights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the residents of Big Sur see what for a brief period of time?

2. Moricand speaks in what language?

3. From whom does Miller learn much about painting, including having fun?

4. Since 1929, Miller has produced how many watercolors by Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 4?

5. What denomination of preacher is Miller's favorite bootblack in Monterey?

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