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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. Where do Henry and Tania go that he has never been before?

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

3. What is Henry's curious speculation about Mona?

4. At the blonde woman's apartment, what feeling does Henry have when she goes to see her sick mother?

5. What is Henry's response when the English girl asks for a loan of fifteen or twenty francs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that Collins tells Henry to lift his spirits?

2. Explain how Henry compares Paris to a whore.

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

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

5. Why is Fillmore so late in inviting Henry to move in with him?

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

7. Why is it that Henry does not want to go to Russia with Tania?

8. Why does Henry think it is a sorry state to be human?

9. Where has Tania been and what does she want from Henry?

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

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

Write a paper on whether you think Henry Miller accomplished what he set out to do with this novel. Refer back to passages in the book where he talks about what literature should be. Is he justified in writing honestly about the way men and women actually view their sexuality?

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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