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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. Who starts calling the Paper Street house and asking the narrator questions?

3. Following his first encounter with Tyler, which support group does the narrator visit?

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

5. When the narrator arrives at the meeting, Bob is there. What does Bob tell him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator notice when the detective calls him and lists some of the materials there were used in his condo explosion?

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

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

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

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

6. Why can't the narrator cry when Marla is at the same support groups as him?

7. When Tyler and the narrator first meet, how do their lives and personalities differ?

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

9. Why does Tyler tell the narrator not to talk about him to Marla?

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

Tyler uses lye to burn a kiss-shaped scar into the back of the narrator's hand. It eventually becomes the brand of Fight Club. Using the scene between Tyler and the narrator, explain what the chemical kiss is and what it means to Fight Club and its mission. Cite other moments in the text where the chemical kiss makes an appearance. Is its meaning the same in those instances? Explain the significance of the ritualistic branding in Fight Club.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When the reader first meets the narrator, he is struggling with ongoing insomnia. Eventually, Tyler Durden emerges when the narrator is asleep and causes chaos within the narrator's life and society at large. Would this have happened had the narrator not been an insomniac? Did the narrator always have Tyler within him and, therefore, would he have come out at some point no matter what? Why, or why not? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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