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

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

3. What is the narrator's job title?

4. What does Tyler ask the narrator never to do concerning Marla?

5. Why does the narrator's boss not allow him to do what he was planning to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Fight Club a males-only club?

2. When the reader first encounters Bob, what does he look like and what does he represent?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the narrator frequent support group meetings to rid himself of insomnia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

At the Paper Street house, the narrator finds magazine articles about human organs talking in the first person. What significance do these articles have to the narrator? Society? What is the meaning of Palahniuk's inclusion of these articles in Fight Club? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Which character would prevail in our society: Tyler or the narrator? Why? Present your choice in a logical and clear thesis with supporting evidence from the text. Remember to use our society as the context and not the society in the book. Cite specific examples from the text. Bear in mind the character you do not choose and include a sound counter-argument to support your thesis.

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