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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. Why does the narrator wonder if Tyler and Marla are the same person?

2. What is the first rule of Fight Club?

3. What did the hostess do when Tyler told her about the pee in the perfume bottle?

4. What does the narrator's boss find in the copy machine that he reads to the narrator?

5. Who are on the floors below Tyler and the narrator in the opening scene of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does the narrator tell Marla to cheer her up when he finds a lump on her breast?

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

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

5. How is the chemical kiss that Tyler gives the narrator also a symbol for Fight Club?

6. What does Marla tell the narrator was her reason for not wanting to know about her breast cancer when she found the first lump?

7. What is the meaning of a single-serving life that the narrator refers to as his own?

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

9. How is Tyler's soap production another rebellion against society, specifically, women?

10. What is the triangle that the narrator mentions in the opening scene? Why are anarchy, guns and an explosion used to represent that triangle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Narrator is assigned twelve human sacrifices and he starts with Raymond Hessel. What is the significance of the human sacrifices Project Mayhem assigns and how are they meant to function within Project Mayhem? Include your own opinion on whether or not you believe these sacrifices to be inherently good or bad (i.e., what does the narrator ultimately do for Raymond Hessel?). Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrator's concept of the single-serving life and its significance to his own life. What kind of social commentary does the narrator provide with this term? How are his feelings on wanting to die linked to the single-serving life? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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