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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator take delight in calling himself and Tyler at the banquet?
(a) Gang leaders.
(b) Thugs.
(c) Hardened criminals.
(d) Guerilla terrorists.

2. What does the narrator participate in at the brain parasites meeting?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Guided meditation.
(c) Confession.
(d) A memorial for the passed member.

3. What does Tyler urge the narrator to realize while his hand is burning?
(a) The hopelessness.
(b) The fear.
(c) The insanity.
(d) The pain.

4. Who did Marla say she thought the people calling her and not saying anything were?
(a) The police.
(b) Prank callers.
(c) People from beyond.
(d) The I.R.S.

5. How does the narrator realize it is Tuesday while his boss reads from the paper he found in the copy machine?
(a) His boss only comes in on Tuesdays.
(b) His boss is wearing his gray tie.
(c) His boss read the date from the piece of paper.
(d) His boss is holding his Number One Boss mug.

6. What does the narrator do to cheer Marla up about the lump he found on her breast?
(a) Gives her money to get treatment.
(b) Calls her family.
(c) Tells her funny stories.
(d) Takes her to the hospital.

7. What does the narrator fantasize about when traveling for his job?
(a) A different job.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

8. What does the narrator start faxing to his coworkers?
(a) Soliloquies.
(b) Death threats.
(c) Haikus.
(d) Letters.

9. What does Tyler remind the narrator of while his hand is burning?
(a) No one can help the narrator but himself.
(b) Someday the narrator will die.
(c) No one cares about the narrator.
(d) The narrator can transcend death if he wants to.

10. Where does the narrator first meet Tyler Durden?
(a) A park.
(b) The city.
(c) On a plane.
(d) The beach.

11. What does Tyler urinate into in the stopped elevator?
(a) A casserole.
(b) A bowl of soup.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A bag of chips.

12. Who starts calling the Paper Street house and asking the narrator questions?
(a) A police detective.
(b) The F.B.I.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Bob.

13. What meeting does the narrator attend when his insomnia returns?
(a) Remaining Men Together.
(b) Always Together, Always men.
(c) Men United.
(d) Men Alone Are Men Divided.

14. What does the narrator call his life of travel for his job?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) Self-serving.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Single-serving.

15. What did Marla tell the narrator was her reason for not wanting to go to the support group meeting?
(a) She had company coming over.
(b) She was going to commit suicide.
(c) She was not interested in the meetings any more.
(d) She felt ill and wanted to stay in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tyler doing when the narrator first sees him?

2. What does the narrator learn about through his job?

3. Why does the narrator's boss not allow him to do what he was planning to do?

4. What does Tyler tell the narrator he will be one step closer to by realizing his mortality?

5. How does the narrator finally meet Marla Singer?

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