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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 Tyler want to do to the basement in the Paper Street house?

2. What does the narrator ask the mechanic about him crashing the car?

3. What do the members of Project Mayhem do in remembrance of Bob?

4. How did Tyler blackmail his boss after he fired him?

5. Who calls Tyler into his office to fire him from his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator thinking about at the window of his exploded condominium and what stops him from stepping over the edge?

2. Why does the narrator tell Marla to keep him awake and, in the event that he does fall asleep, follow him and take note of everything he does?

3. What does the narrator tell the mechanic right before the car crash and why?

4. How does the narrator know that the police will be looking for him following the death of his boss?

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

6. Who does the narrator call following his discovery about himself and Tyler being the same person, receiving more confirmation that it is true?

7. How was Tyler able to set up the different Fight Clubs, give other people chemical kisses and start Project Mayhem without the narrator knowing?

8. How does the narrator realize that he is Tyler Durden?

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

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 likes Marla despite Tyler's denunciations of everything wrong that she represents. If Tyler and the narrator are the same person and Tyler wants to eradicate society, how can the narrator like Marla? Resolve this contradiction by using specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The Narrator is assigned twelve human sacrifices and he starts with Raymond Hessel. What is the significance of the human sacrifices Project Mayhem assigns and how are they meant to function within Project Mayhem? Include your own opinion on whether or not you believe these sacrifices to be inherently good or bad (i.e., what does the narrator ultimately do for Raymond Hessel?). Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

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