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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 a Waganheims?
2. What type of death does the writer say would be a delight?
3. In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer addresses the gentlemen about the nature of desire, the devil, and God. How exactly does the writer address this audience?
4. How does the writer describe the current state of the world?
5. In Part 1 Chapter 8, the writer talks about a mathematical formula for what human characteristic?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the writer's profession and his feelings about his work.
2. Why does the writer think man sometimes desires nonsense?
3. What does the writer state these men think about their own groaning?
4. What does the writer say about a person who groans with pain?
5. The writer states the continual fighting seen throughout the ages is a display of what character flaw of man?
6. How does the writer continue to explain a man of action's seemingly dull-witted actions and justifications?
7. Why does the writer quit working?
8. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 1, the writer provides the reader with a self description. How does the writer describe himself?
9. Who does the writer state is the antithesis of a normal person?
10. How does the writer describe his servant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the tone of the dinner party. Is the writer happy to be there? Is he accepted? Does anything happen to change the tone during the party?
Essay Topic 2
In Part 1, Chapter 5, the writer seems very concerned about making the distinction between intelligent and unintelligent people. Discuss the writer's view on intelligent versus unintelligent people. How does he distinguish them? How does he feel about each? How does the writer view himself in this regard?
Essay Topic 3
In Part 1, Chapter 5, the writer states that he participates in self-degradation in lieu of boredom. Provide examples of this. Do you think the writer does this to fight his boredom or could there be other reasons? Explain your answer.
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