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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 in the narrator's mouth when the book opens?

2. How does the narrator realize it is Tuesday while his boss reads from the paper he found in the copy machine?

3. What does the narrator listen to Tyler recount while he is being held captive by Tyler?

4. Where are Tyler and the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

5. What is the narrator's job title?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Marla tell the narrator was her reason for not wanting to know about her breast cancer when she found the first lump?

4. How does the narrator realize that the first two rules of Fight Club are being broken?

5. Where does the narrator's jealousy about Marla and Tyler come from?

6. Why does Tyler urinate into the soup at the banquet for dignitaries?

7. Why does the narrator take delight in the demise of Chloe, a brain parasites support group regular?

8. What was Tyler's first civil disobedience act that the narrator recalls while in the stopped elevator?

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

10. What did Tyler do to Marla's mother that the narrator was so upset about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator's and Marla's infatuation with death began much earlier than Fight Club. At one point in the narrator's life he thought he had cancer. The same goes for Marla, except she actually does have cancer. How is death significant to both of these characters' lives, but in different ways? How do they view death? Are their views similar, or different? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The society that the narrator lives in is extremely similar to, if not the same, as the society that we live in today. True or false? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Which character would prevail in our society: Tyler or the narrator? Why? Present your choice in a logical and clear thesis with supporting evidence from the text. Remember to use our society as the context and not the society in the book. Cite specific examples from the text. Bear in mind the character you do not choose and include a sound counter-argument to support your thesis.

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