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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 are the articles about that the narrator reads to distract himself?

2. What does the narrator's boss find in the copy machine that he reads to the narrator?

3. What did Tyler send Marla's mother that the narrator is confused about?

4. What does the narrator think about while Bob is reciting the rules of Fight Club?

5. What does Tyler urge the narrator to realize while his hand is burning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator start writing haikus to his coworkers?

2. Why does airport security stop the narrator at the airport after one of his business trips?

3. Why does the narrator frequent support group meetings to rid himself of insomnia?

4. How is the chemical kiss that Tyler gives the narrator also a symbol for Fight Club?

5. Why is Fight Club a males-only club?

6. When the reader first encounters Bob, what does he look like and what does he represent?

7. When Tyler and the narrator first meet, how do their lives and personalities differ?

8. What does the chemical kiss that Tyler burns into the narrator's hand mean?

9. Why does Tyler tell the narrator not to talk about him to Marla?

10. What is the meaning of a single-serving life that the narrator refers to as his own?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was Fight Club created in the first place? What was the narrator's and Tyler's intention and meaning for Fight Club when it first started - in its purest form. What role was it meant to play within society? How did it morph into Project Mayhem, a complete eradication of society? Describe Fight Club's chronology within the book with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Who is the character in the mental institution at the end of Fight Club? Tyler, or the narrator? Based on the struggle between the two characters for power, which character would make the most sense? Support your answer with specific examples from the text, presenting a clear and cohesive argument.

Essay Topic 3

In the initial scene of Fight Club, the narrator mentions anarchy, a gun and an explosion as representative of the triangle that links himself, Tyler and Marla. Based on your knowledge and understanding of the book, explain this triangle and why the narrator likens it to anarchy, a gun and an explosion. Who is what? Are either of the three characters supposed to represent one of these things at all? Would the book have been the same without one of the three? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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