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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What city in America does Henry recall on the way to Dijon?
2. What does Henry say Van Norden tracks down like a sleuth?
3. Why could Henry never show Mona the Paris he loves?
4. What does Mona never understand about Henry?
5. Why is Henry going to Dijon?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where has Tania been and what does she want from Henry?
2. What is it about Van Norden that puzzles Henry?
3. Explain how Henry compares Paris to a whore.
4. What is the one thing that makes Van Norden's dump of a hotel acceptable?
5. Describe Henry's feelings when he has placed himself on a budget.
6. Describe the scene when Yvette comes in drunk and half naked to Jimmie's bar.
7. What is it about Boris that Henry can never quite understand?
8. Give a brief description of Van Norden.
9. What does Henry think about the English girl who stops him in the rain to ask for the time?
10. How does Henry feel going to his room in the dark dormitory late at night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Henry briefly experiences the Bohemian lifestyle. Write a paper about communal living that was popular in America during the 1960s and early 1970s, often called the Hippie generation lifestyle. Discuss whether you think such an arrangement ever really works.
Essay Topic 2
In the mid 1960's, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that TROPIC OF CANCER is literature and not pornography. After reading the book, write an essay on why you do or do not think it should have caused such a controversy.
Essay Topic 3
Henry quotes Emerson as saying that life consists of what one thinks. Write an essay explaining how you interpret Emerson's statement. Use examples you know of personally or have read about where people achieved because of their focus on certain goals.
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