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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 do the police suspect caused the damage to the narrator's apartment?

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

3. Where does the narrator first meet Tyler Durden?

4. What did Marla tell the narrator was her reason for not wanting to go to the support group meeting?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator's comment about his boss's tie and the day of the week signify?

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

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

8. What does the chemical kiss that Tyler burns into the narrator's hand mean?

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

10. Where does the narrator's jealousy about Marla and Tyler come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the beginning to the end of the book, the narrator makes a full transition into Tyler Durden. True or false? Support your argument for this statement with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, the narrator talks about death and wanting to die. At the end of the book, he pulls the trigger but does not actually die and lives on in a mental institution. What is the significance of death to the narrator and the book? Does death take on a different meaning at the book's end? Does it not? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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