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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. For whom does Henry do some ghost writing?

2. What do Henry and Fillmore do when the priest chases them outside?

3. What is the story the blonde woman tells Henry through her tears?

4. What finally gets the Russian princess out of Fillmore's apartment?

5. What does Henry believe must go along with ideas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is it about Boris that Henry can never quite understand?

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

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

5. What is the unfortunate condition at the University during the winter?

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

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

8. Does Henry see everything that flows in the same way it was seen by Milton?

9. When the blonde woman stays away too long and leaves Henry alone in her room, what does he do?

10. Give a brief description of Van Norden.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Henry cannot show Mona the Paris he is so enamored of because his love of the city is all bound up in his suffering. Write an essay about the difference in visiting a place as a tourist and really knowing the place from having lived there.

Essay Topic 3

Much of TROPIC OF CANCER deals with hunger. Miller makes it clear that hunger eclipses all other human drives. Write an essay on the broader theme of world hunger where people do not have Henry's ability to find food.

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