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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. In response to his question, what does Marla say the narrator did for her?

2. What does the mechanic ask the narrator following the car crash?

3. What does the narrator tell Marla that Tyler is trying to do to him?

4. Where do the narrator and Marla hide out so that the narrator cannot fall asleep?

5. Who does Marla say she saw the narrator shoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of Tyler's initiation process into Project Mayhem?

2. Why is Marla's life in danger now that she has been following the narrator as his split personality, Tyler?

3. Why would the narrator rather see Raymond Hessel shot and dead than working in the convenience store?

4. Why are the members of Project Mayhem called Space Monkeys?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator and/or Tyler are sexist: true, or false? Support your answer with a thesis that explains why you believe this, or why you don't. How do Tyler and the narrator view women in society? Why was Fight Club only for men? How was Marla treated by either of them? Support your thesis with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Throughout the book, castration is a recurring theme. Discuss the meaning of castration in the novel in reference to society and its members, and explain how the term is used. Cite specific examples from the text.

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