Tropic of Cancer Quizzes

Tropic of Cancer Quiz 1

1 Where is Miller staying at the start of the novel?
the Villa Borghese

the Coupole

the Petraclus

the Villa Romulus
2 With whom is he staying at the start of the novel?
Boris

Fillmore

Collins

Jack
3 Which of the following is a young man in the diplomatic service?
Van Norden

Carl

Peckover

Fillmore
4 Who falls down an elevator shaft?
Germaine

Peckover

Tania

Van Norden
5 Which of the following is Miller's favorite prostitute in Paris?
Macha

Samantha

Germaine

Lyla
6 Which of the following places does NOT appear in the novel?
the Coupole

Jimmie's Bar

Panera

the Dome
7 The novel takes place (for the most part) in
Vienna

Los Angeles

Paris

Rotterdam
8 Henry Miller is
Argentinian

Russian

Mexican

American
9 Macha is
Argentinian

Russian

Czech

Irish
10 Who do Miller and Fillmore go to see in Le Havre?
Ginette

Max

Collins

Carl
11 Who becomes Fillmore's fiancee?
Ginette

Yvette

Mona

Tania
12 Who lives with Sylvester?
Desdemona

Tania

Mona

Carlotta
13 Who heads to Russia and then returns to Paris?
Tania

Rachel

Germaine

Carlotta
14 Tropic of Cancer was first published in Paris in
1938

1941

1934

1901
15 Tropic of Cancer was followed four years later by
Gravity's Rainbow

The Great Gatsby

The Waste Land

Tropic of Capricorn
16 Miller works as a _______ at the newspaper
janitor

virus debugger

proofreader

software manager
17 Miller goes to teach in
Nice

Dijon

Lyon

Reims
18 Where is Le Havre?
in England

on the Riviera

in Brittany

in Spain
19 What does Fillmore worry he has in the hospital?
pneumonia

hypothermia

syphilis

bronchitis
20 Which of the following is NOT a character in the book?
Lleyton

Carl

Boris

Van Norden
21 What is the name of the wealthy Hindu pearl merchant who puts Miller up?
Mr. Carol

M. le Proviseur

Nanantatee

Kepi
22 Why does the young Indian at the brothel create such a commotion?
he does a Marx Brothers skit

he sings 'La Marseillaise' backwards

he defecates in the bidet

he shoots himself
23 Who warns Miller not to eat the food at the pearl merchant's home?
Kepi

Fillmore

Carl

Van Norden
24 Who complains that there are already too many books in the world?
Borowitz

Valentino

Carl

Fillmore
25 Who complains that he is thought of as only a "cunt-chaser"?
Van Norden

Jeremy

Sylvester

Marlowe

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