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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen to a man who tries to assert himself?
(a) He would understand reason.
(b) He would succeed.
(c) He would go mad.
(d) He would die.

2. What does the writer say he would like to become?
(a) Politician.
(b) Insect.
(c) Banker.
(d) Bird.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 2, the writer describes the attitudes men have toward their own illness. What does the writer say about his own and others' attitudes toward their illnesses?
(a) They flaunt their illnesses.
(b) They are ashamed of their illnesses.
(c) They take pride in them.
(d) They keep their illness a secret.

4. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?
(a) Nice.
(b) Mean.
(c) Aloof.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

7. Why would the writer confess to wrongdoing when he is innocent?
(a) Just to apologize.
(b) To save a friend.
(c) He is always at fault.
(d) Out of spite.

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

9. The writer states that man could not act against his own personal advantage. What, therefore, must his actions be?
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Vile.
(c) Good.
(d) Selfish.

10. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does the writer say about himself?
(a) He is a real person.
(b) He is a person of great wealth.
(c) He is a highly educated person.
(d) He is fictional.

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

12. What would a content man do to rebel against the laws of nature?
(a) Defy the laws.
(b) Yield to the laws.
(c) Create chaos.
(d) Seek vengeance against the laws.

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

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

15. What do others say about the writer's discussion of himself?
(a) He is worthless.
(b) He is bragging.
(c) He is an honorable man.
(d) He is interesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer describe a man of action?

2. 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?

3. The writer refers back to his discussion on revenge. What does he say is the primary cause of revenge?

4. How does the writer say men feel about their decisions a minute after making them?

5. Why does the writer say a man cannot change, even if he tries?

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