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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. Where does the narrator first meet Tyler Durden?

2. What is in the narrator's mouth when the book opens?

3. What does the narrator dream about after calling Marla to ask if she was going to the support group meeting?

4. Where are Tyler and the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

5. What was Tyler's job when he first did something like sabotaging a dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

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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