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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 brand is the narrator's furniture that is out in the street?
2. What does Tyler tell the narrator about how he met Maria?
3. What does the narrator infer when he sees what is in the toilet at the Paper Street house?
4. What does the narrator participate in at the brain parasites meeting?
5. What does the narrator call his life of travel for his job?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator take delight in thinking of himself and Tyler as "dinner party saboteurs"?
2. How is the chemical kiss that Tyler gives the narrator also a symbol for Fight Club?
3. What is the meaning of a single-serving life that the narrator refers to as his own?
4. When Tyler and the narrator first meet, how do their lives and personalities differ?
5. What did Tyler do to Marla's mother that the narrator was so upset about?
6. Why does the narrator frequent support group meetings to rid himself of insomnia?
7. Why does the narrator start writing haikus to his coworkers?
8. Why does Tyler urinate into the soup at the banquet for dignitaries?
9. What does the chemical kiss that Tyler burns into the narrator's hand mean?
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
The narrator and/or Tyler are sexist: true, or false? Support your answer with a thesis that explains why you believe this, or why you don't. How do Tyler and the narrator view women in society? Why was Fight Club only for men? How was Marla treated by either of them? Support your thesis with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
In order to generate monetary funds for Project Mayhem, Tyler makes soap from liposuctioned fat and sells it to the local department store. What is the significance of the soap production's irony? How does the soap production mirror Tyler's acts of civil disobedience. What is he trying to do to society? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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