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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the writer describe the current state of the world?
(a) A time of vengeance.
(b) A time of forgiveness.
(c) A positive time.
(d) A negative time.

2. The writer eventually comes to terms with his illness. As he does so, what does he decide about the illness?
(a) It is not unlike other men's illnesses.
(b) It is just something to live with.
(c) It is curable with willpower.
(d) It is his normal condition.

3. Who does the writer say would not understand the feelings of men about their decisions?
(a) Those who have never been slapped.
(b) The strong willed.
(c) Men of action.
(d) The weak and weary.

4. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?
(a) More difficult.
(b) Easier.
(c) Boring.
(d) More interesting.

5. What does the writer say irrationality stems from?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Impropriety.
(c) Desire.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Waganheims?

2. What is the human characteristic based on?

3. How long does the writer state his toothache lasts?

4. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?

5. What does the writer say about the offense he took for various things in his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 1, the writer provides the reader with a self description. How does the writer describe himself?

2. How does the writer explain the reason for man of action being a dull-witted person?

3. What type of man makes the writer envious?

4. How does the writer turn a negative characteristic such as laziness into a positive characteristic?

5. Discuss the writer's profession and his feelings about his work.

6. Who does the writer say will submit to the wall?

7. What does the writer say about the laws of nature with regard to mankind?

8. What does the writer say about a person who groans with pain?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer attributes many qualities to mankind. Does he finish with any specific conclusion of man, and if so ,what?

10. The writer expresses his feelings on why the reader may think he is writing about men of action. What does he say about what the reader may think of his writings?

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