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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of person does the writer think could not desire something that is to his disadvantage?
(a) Educated.
(b) The gentleman.
(c) Man of action.
(d) Uneducated.

2. How does the writer regard these feelings about the wall?
(a) They are incorrect.
(b) They are preposterous.
(c) They are curious.
(d) They are correct.

3. What does the writer state is a privilege of man that no other animal has?
(a) Revenge.
(b) The ability to swear.
(c) The ability to defy laws of nature.
(d) The ability to do good deeds.

4. An individual is justified in being what according to the law of heightened consciousness?
(a) A sick man.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A scoundrel.
(d) A man of action.

5. What type of deeds does the writer admit to committing?
(a) Vile.
(b) Altruistic.
(c) Good.
(d) Selfish.

6. What does the writer say irrationality stems from?
(a) Desire.
(b) Impropriety.
(c) Lack of education.
(d) Will.

7. After describing a man of action, the writer notes what how a man of action feels about himself. According to the writer, what does a man of action feel himself to be?
(a) A lion.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A model citizen.
(d) An outsider.

8. When a man identifies the primary cause of an action, how does he go about this action?
(a) Cautiously.
(b) With primary cause, there is no reason to take action.
(c) Calmly.
(d) With force.

9. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?
(a) Nature.
(b) The devil.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

10. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Inertia.
(d) Loathing.

11. What does the writer say a man can do with no primary cause for action?
(a) Seek comfort in the wall.
(b) Return home and moan.
(c) Beat his head against the wall.
(d) Give up.

12. What is a Waganheims?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Man of Action.
(d) A nobleman.

13. How does the writer feel about a man of action?
(a) He feels sorry for him.
(b) He envies him.
(c) He despises him.
(d) He feels there is no need for him.

14. What does the writer say has offended him all of his life?
(a) Other men.
(b) Gravity.
(c) The good nature of others.
(d) The laws of nature.

15. What does the writer think will become of man's will when it is put in mathematical formulas?
(a) There will be more freedom.
(b) It is no longer free.
(c) Life will become easier.
(d) There will be more temptation.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Part 1, Chapter 6, the writer discusses what he would have done if he had a career. What is it that the writer would have liked to do?

2. In Part 1, the writer describes his previous employment and attitude toward the job and the people he worked with. After going through this explanation, what does he say about this description?

3. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?

4. The writer eventually comes to terms with his illness. As he does so, what does he decide about the illness?

5. What two things does the writer state are most precious to man?

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