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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives outdoor piano concerts to ward off poverty at Big Sur?
(a) Gerhart Muench.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Henry Miller.
(d) Conrad Moricand.

2. What would-be writer hopes to find the Cult of Sex and Anarchy?
(a) Roger.
(b) Phil.
(c) Ned.
(d) Ralph.

3. Who is the octogenarian Miller often meets at the sulfur baths in Part 2, "Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri," Chapter 5?
(a) Oden Wharton.
(b) Emil White.
(c) Conrad Moricand.
(d) Jean Wharton.

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 Winslow.
(b) Wilson Winslow.
(c) Wilbur Robinson.
(d) Walter Matthews.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller writes that the local folk in Big Sur have embraced the healing ambiance and discovered how to live in peace, _____, and community.

2. Who is expelled from West Point and finishes a fine novel that remains unpublished when he moves to Big Sur, CA?

3. A Basque girl visits Miller, freezing and starving, to ask his views on who?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Miller describe meeting in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 5 at the sulfur baths?

2. What is the main question posed in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 10? Where does Miller gain insight in this subject?

3. What does Miller write of Dianetics in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 9? What is Dianetics?

4. Miller compares Wharton's need to help others with the United States in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 7. How?

5. What is Harvey's affliction and what does Miller advise to him in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 1?

6. What is "The Charma Serial" about?

7. How does Miller describe corporal punishment in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 10?

8. How does Miller describe the process of inspiration in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 4?

9. Who is Miller's favorite local painter at Big Sur? In what ways does Miller work to improve his own work?

10. What artists and writers does Miller describe living within the Big Sur community in Part 2, Peace and Solitude: a Potpourri, Chapter 2? How do they support themselves?

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