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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer say man is trying to do?
(a) Empower himself.
(b) Prove himself.
(c) Find meaning.
(d) Seek revenge.

2. What is a troglodyte?
(a) Gentleman.
(b) The will of man.
(c) A man in pain.
(d) Hermit.

3. What does the writer say all men must accept?
(a) Nature.
(b) The wall.
(c) Pain.
(d) Consciousness.

4. How long has the writer been underground?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 40 years.

5. How does the writer describe the groans of a toothache?
(a) Unbearable.
(b) Malice.
(c) Candid.
(d) Pleasurable .

6. How big does the writer state his rational capacity is compared to his capacity to live?
(a) 1/10th
(b) 1/20th.
(c) They are equal.
(d) 1/5th

7. 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?
(a) Be a drunkard.
(b) Rid the world of distastful things.
(c) Live honorably.
(d) Make everything beautiful.

8. How does the writer describe the current state of the world?
(a) A time of forgiveness.
(b) A time of vengeance.
(c) A negative time.
(d) A positive time.

9. What type of act does the writer state everyone will commit and thus betray themselves?
(a) A kind act.
(b) A selfish act.
(c) Revenge.
(d) A ludicrous act.

10. What does the writer say about the man who groans from a toothache for more than three or four days?
(a) His groans are out of spite.
(b) He is eliciting sympathy.
(c) He is truly in pain.
(d) He is weak.

11. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?
(a) Boring.
(b) Easier.
(c) More difficult.
(d) More interesting.

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

13. In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer addresses the gentlemen about the nature of desire, the devil, and God. How exactly does the writer address this audience?
(a) As if they are participants in the conversation.
(b) As if they do not understand him.
(c) As if he is giving a speech.
(d) In a demeaning tone.

14. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?
(a) A challenge.
(b) Simply a small obstacle.
(c) A deterrent.
(d) A fact of life.

15. What does the writer question regarding a character trait when a man experiences self humiliation?
(a) Patience.
(b) Honor.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer describes a man who knew every thing about Chateau-Lafite. How does the writer say this man dies?

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

3. What is the only thing that can stop a vengeful man?

4. What does the writer regret not doing more of in his life?

5. 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?

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