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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 is Henry's behavior just before he leaves the blonde woman's room?

2. What does Macha do immediately when she sees that two men live at Fillmore's place?

3. How does the blond woman react to Henry's offer of fifty francs?

4. What does the priest do with them?

5. Why had Henry gone in to see a Rabbi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief description of Van Norden.

2. What does Henry think about the English girl who stops him in the rain to ask for the time?

3. Describe Henry's feelings when he has placed himself on a budget.

4. Explain how Henry is helped from Kruger's studio.

5. What is it about Van Norden that puzzles Henry?

6. What do Henry's thoughts about the naked trollops represent?

7. Describe the nature of the job Henry accepts in Dijon.

8. How does Henry feel going to his room in the dark dormitory late at night?

9. How does Henry see flow of the word about him?

10. How do both Fillmore and Henry appear to be gullible?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the young Hindu cleric and the escapade in the Eglise Ste.-Clotilde, write a paper expressing how you see Miller's opinion of religion. Do you notice any inconsistency in how Miller treats religion?

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper discussing Henry Miller's attitude toward women. Do you think he is clearly a sexist? Are there moments when he appears to be of two minds about the value of women? Include his thoughts viewing the graffiti on the lavatory walls and the way he looks at Boris' treatment of Elsa.

Essay Topic 3

Miller addresses the idea of the artist suffering for his or her art. Do some research and and compare Henry's suffering with some other writers and artists who went through difficult times in order to produce masterpieces. You might want to include such people as Edgar Allen Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Michelangelo, or Edith Piaf in your essay.

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