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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 does Marla store in the freezer for Tyler that belonged to her mother?

2. What is Tyler doing when the narrator first sees him?

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

4. What does Marla say she did after finding the first lump on her breast?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator notice on Marla's body besides the lump on her breast?

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

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

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

5. Why does the narrator feel secretly relieved about his condominium exploding?

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

7. When the narrator confronts Marla about being a "tourist" at the support groups, how does Marla respond?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Marla Singer is meant to represent everything that is wrong within society. She is Tyler's argument for why society must be defied and uprooted back to zero. Would you agree or disagree? Why? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Why was Fight Club created in the first place? What was the narrator's and Tyler's intention and meaning for Fight Club when it first started - in its purest form. What role was it meant to play within society? How did it morph into Project Mayhem, a complete eradication of society? Describe Fight Club's chronology within the book with specific examples from the text.

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