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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 Marla doing in the narrator's mind during the support meeting?
2. What does Tyler tell the narrator about how he met Maria?
3. Why is one of the narrator's bags delayed at the airport?
4. What do the police suspect caused the damage to the narrator's apartment?
5. What does the narrator listen to Tyler recount while he is being held captive by Tyler?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator's comment about his boss's tie and the day of the week signify?
2. When the narrator confronts Marla about being a "tourist" at the support groups, how does Marla respond?
3. 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?
4. Why does airport security stop the narrator at the airport after one of his business trips?
5. What story does the narrator tell Marla to cheer her up when he finds a lump on her breast?
6. Why is Fight Club a males-only club?
7. Why does the narrator frequent support group meetings to rid himself of insomnia?
8. Why can't the narrator cry when Marla is at the same support groups as him?
9. When the reader first encounters Bob, what does he look like and what does he represent?
10. What does the chemical kiss that Tyler burns into the narrator's hand mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Tyler utilizes Space Monkeys in order to carry out the objectives for Project Mayhem - his plan for uprooting society and turning men back to their basic instincts within nature. Describe what Space Monkeys are, their initiation process into Project Mayhem, their homework assignments, their rules, etc. Do Space Monkeys and their tasks contradict the goal of Project Mayhem? Why, or why not? Cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Who is the character in the mental institution at the end of Fight Club? Tyler, or the narrator? Based on the struggle between the two characters for power, which character would make the most sense? Support your answer with specific examples from the text, presenting a clear and cohesive argument.
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