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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 the narrator participate in at the brain parasites meeting?

2. What does Marla notice about the narrator while he is at the Regent Hotel with her?

3. Why does the narrator wonder if Tyler and Marla are the same person?

4. What did Tyler do to the hostess the first time he sabotaged a dinner party?

5. What is the narrator's job title?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the narrator take delight in the demise of Chloe, a brain parasites support group regular?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tyler uses lye to burn a kiss-shaped scar into the back of the narrator's hand. It eventually becomes the brand of Fight Club. Using the scene between Tyler and the narrator, explain what the chemical kiss is and what it means to Fight Club and its mission. Cite other moments in the text where the chemical kiss makes an appearance. Is its meaning the same in those instances? Explain the significance of the ritualistic branding in Fight Club.

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