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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. How does Henry describe the poor people of Paris?

2. Where is Marlowe about to go?

3. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?

4. What does Henry imagine is the value of the ring he tries to pawn?

5. Why is Boris intimidated by his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Henry's evenings with Carl like?

2. In relating his experience with the young Hindu, what is Henry expressing about his own beliefs?

3. What is Henry's bright idea to get at least one free meal a day?

4. How does Henry describe the relationship between him, Boris, and Elsa?

5. Explain how Kelpi makes his living.

6. How does Henry see the American women at the Cafe de la Paix or the Ritz Bar?

7. Why does Henry go so often to the American Express office?

8. How does Henry define health that he equates with optimism?

9. What does Henry know about Walter Pach?

10. Describe Henry's friends in Paris.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Miller correctly identifies many people's obsession with royalty in Chapter 12 when he writes about Macha, the presumed Russian princess. Write a paper expressing your opinion about how you see the status of royalty today. You might want to include a reference to the late Princess Diana of England in your comments.

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