Tropic of Cancer Quizzes

Tropic of Cancer Quiz 1

1 Where is Miller staying at the start of the novel?
the Petraclus

the Coupole

the Villa Romulus

the Villa Borghese
2 With whom is he staying at the start of the novel?
Jack

Collins

Boris

Fillmore
3 Which of the following is a young man in the diplomatic service?
Peckover

Fillmore

Van Norden

Carl
4 Who falls down an elevator shaft?
Van Norden

Germaine

Tania

Peckover
5 Which of the following is Miller's favorite prostitute in Paris?
Lyla

Samantha

Germaine

Macha
6 Which of the following places does NOT appear in the novel?
the Dome

Jimmie's Bar

the Coupole

Panera
7 The novel takes place (for the most part) in
Los Angeles

Rotterdam

Paris

Vienna
8 Henry Miller is
Mexican

American

Russian

Argentinian
9 Macha is
Czech

Irish

Argentinian

Russian
10 Who do Miller and Fillmore go to see in Le Havre?
Collins

Ginette

Max

Carl
11 Who becomes Fillmore's fiancee?
Yvette

Mona

Ginette

Tania
12 Who lives with Sylvester?
Mona

Desdemona

Tania

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

Tania

Rachel

Germaine
14 Tropic of Cancer was first published in Paris in
1941

1934

1938

1901
15 Tropic of Cancer was followed four years later by
The Waste Land

The Great Gatsby

Gravity's Rainbow

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

software manager

virus debugger

proofreader
17 Miller goes to teach in
Reims

Nice

Lyon

Dijon
18 Where is Le Havre?
on the Riviera

in England

in Brittany

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

hypothermia

bronchitis

pneumonia
20 Which of the following is NOT a character in the book?
Van Norden

Carl

Boris

Lleyton
21 What is the name of the wealthy Hindu pearl merchant who puts Miller up?
Nanantatee

M. le Proviseur

Kepi

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

he defecates in the bidet

he sings 'La Marseillaise' backwards

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

Carl

Van Norden

Kepi
24 Who complains that there are already too many books in the world?
Fillmore

Carl

Valentino

Borowitz
25 Who complains that he is thought of as only a "cunt-chaser"?
Sylvester

Marlowe

Van Norden

Jeremy

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