Tropic of Cancer Quizzes

Tropic of Cancer Quiz 1

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

the Petraclus

the Villa Romulus

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

Fillmore

Boris

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

Fillmore

Peckover

Carl
4 Who falls down an elevator shaft?
Germaine

Tania

Peckover

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

Macha

Germaine

Samantha
6 Which of the following places does NOT appear in the novel?
Panera

the Coupole

the Dome

Jimmie's Bar
7 The novel takes place (for the most part) in
Paris

Rotterdam

Vienna

Los Angeles
8 Henry Miller is
American

Russian

Mexican

Argentinian
9 Macha is
Argentinian

Czech

Russian

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

Max

Carl

Ginette
11 Who becomes Fillmore's fiancee?
Mona

Tania

Ginette

Yvette
12 Who lives with Sylvester?
Tania

Carlotta

Mona

Desdemona
13 Who heads to Russia and then returns to Paris?
Germaine

Tania

Rachel

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

1934

1901

1941
15 Tropic of Cancer was followed four years later by
The Waste Land

Tropic of Capricorn

Gravity's Rainbow

The Great Gatsby
16 Miller works as a _______ at the newspaper
virus debugger

janitor

proofreader

software manager
17 Miller goes to teach in
Dijon

Lyon

Nice

Reims
18 Where is Le Havre?
in Spain

in England

in Brittany

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

pneumonia

hypothermia

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

Lleyton

Boris

Carl
21 What is the name of the wealthy Hindu pearl merchant who puts Miller up?
M. le Proviseur

Kepi

Mr. Carol

Nanantatee
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

Kepi

Van Norden

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

Valentino

Fillmore

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

Jeremy

Marlowe

Sylvester

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