Tropic of Cancer Quizzes

Tropic of Cancer Quiz 1

By Damien Chazelle · Edited by Jordan Reid Strauch · Last reviewed October 26, 2008

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

the Villa Borghese

the Villa Romulus

the Coupole

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

Collins

Fillmore

Jack

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

Peckover

Carl

Van Norden

Fillmore
4 Who falls down an elevator shaft?

Peckover

Germaine

Tania

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

Samantha

Germaine

Macha

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

Panera

the Dome

the Coupole

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

Paris

Los Angeles

Vienna

Rotterdam
8 Henry Miller is

Argentinian

Mexican

American

Russian
9 Macha is

Czech

Russian

Argentinian

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

Carl

Collins

Max

Ginette
11 Who becomes Fillmore's fiancee?

Tania

Mona

Yvette

Ginette
12 Who lives with Sylvester?

Carlotta

Desdemona

Tania

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

Carlotta

Rachel

Germaine

Tania
14 Tropic of Cancer was first published in Paris in

1934

1938

1941

1901
15 Tropic of Cancer was followed four years later by

Tropic of Capricorn

The Great Gatsby

Gravity's Rainbow

The Waste Land
16 Miller works as a _______ at the newspaper

proofreader

software manager

virus debugger

janitor
17 Miller goes to teach in

Lyon

Reims

Dijon

Nice
18 Where is Le Havre?

on the Riviera

in England

in Spain

in Brittany
19 What does Fillmore worry he has in the hospital?

syphilis

bronchitis

pneumonia

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

Boris

Van Norden

Carl

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

M. le Proviseur

Nanantatee

Mr. Carol

Kepi
22 Why does the young Indian at the brothel create such a commotion?

he shoots himself

he sings 'La Marseillaise' backwards

he defecates in the bidet

he does a Marx Brothers skit
23 Who warns Miller not to eat the food at the pearl merchant's home?

Van Norden

Kepi

Carl

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

Valentino

Carl

Fillmore

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

Sylvester

Jeremy

Marlowe

Van Norden

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