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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 happens when the narrator walks into the bar in Seattle?

2. Who else does the narrator learn is involved in the plan with the Space Monkeys when the bus is stopped?

3. How does the narrator know his boss is dead?

4. Where did Tyler use the chill-and-drill technique before?

5. What does the narrator threaten the hotel manager with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the objective of Project Mayhem?

2. How does The Narrator find out that he killed Patrick Madden?

3. How did Tyler anticipate the narrator's meddling with Project Mayhem and what did he do to take care of it?

4. What does The Narrator do when he learns that he killed Patrick Madden?

5. What does the narrator discover when he reaches his company's building following Bob's death and how does he know this?

6. What is the point of the mechanic's homework assignment to take four human lives?

7. What does the narrator realize following Bob's death?

8. Why does Tyler blackmail his boss at the film projectionists union?

9. What is the goal that Raymond Hessel has and how does the narrator ensure he will achieve that goal?

10. What is the purpose of the different committees within Project Mayhem?

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

The narrator's and Marla's infatuation with death began much earlier than Fight Club. At one point in the narrator's life he thought he had cancer. The same goes for Marla, except she actually does have cancer. How is death significant to both of these characters' lives, but in different ways? How do they view death? Are their views similar, or different? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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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