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

2. What does the narrator recite while with Tyler?

3. When the narrator recalls calling Marla to ask if she was going to a meeting, which support group was he asking about?

4. What does the narrator call his life of travel for his job?

5. What does Tyler tell the narrator about how he met Maria?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the narrator take delight in thinking of himself and Tyler as "dinner party saboteurs"?

5. Why does the narrator feel secretly relieved about his condominium exploding?

6. What does the narrator's comment about his boss's tie and the day of the week signify?

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

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

9. After the narrator's boss finds the Fight Club rules, he and the narrator have a conversation. What does this conversation signify about the narrator?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What was Palahniuk's intention in making the narrator a schizophrenic? What are the implications of the narrator having this disorder? What does the reader's eventual discovery of the narrator's condition do for the reader? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the narrator talks about death and wanting to die. At the end of the book, he pulls the trigger but does not actually die and lives on in a mental institution. What is the significance of death to the narrator and the book? Does death take on a different meaning at the book's end? Does it not? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

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