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

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

3. What does the writer state man wants to cling to?
(a) The greatness of others.
(b) Abject foolishness.
(c) Revenge.
(d) The laws of nature.

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

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

6. How many times has the writer fallen in love?
(a) He is always in love.
(b) Twice.
(c) Never.
(d) Three times.

7. What is the ultimate result of the writer's always being offended?
(a) It turns him into a sour man.
(b) It eventually becomes true.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It causes his illness.

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

9. Why does the writer want to continue living?
(a) To learn to be a man of action.
(b) Satisfy his rational capacity.
(c) To spite the gentlemen.
(d) To satisfy his capacity for living.

10. What are some things the writer believes man will never discover?
(a) True happiness.
(b) Justification for revenge.
(c) Certain laws of nature.
(d) The meaning of life.

11. 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 keep their illness a secret.
(b) They are ashamed of their illnesses.
(c) They flaunt their illnesses.
(d) They take pride in them.

12. What fundamental law does the writer say governs this dilemma of change?
(a) The law of heightened consciousness.
(b) The laws of nature.
(c) The law of change.
(d) The law of gravity.

13. What does the writer regret not doing more of in his life?
(a) Seek vengeance.
(b) Love others.
(c) Slap others.
(d) Complain more often.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say has offended him all of his life?

2. The writer describes himself in many ways. By the end of Part 1, Chapter 2, he compares himself to a hunchback, and gives himself what character trait?

3. What does the writer say a man can do with no primary cause for action?

4. In Part 1 Chapter 8, the writer talks about a mathematical formula for what human characteristic?

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

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