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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. Why did the police shoot and kill Bob while he was on his chill-and-drill assignment?

2. Where does Marla say she saw the narrator shoot a man?

3. How does the narrator know the members of Project Mayhem are keeping track of him?

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

5. What is Bob's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator do when his boss at the hotel attempts to fire him and why?

2. What is the objective of Project Mayhem?

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

4. What does the narrator tell the mechanic he wishes he had done before he died and why?

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator find out is going on at home when he returns to the Paper Street house from the bar in Seattle?

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. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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