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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a troglodyte?
(a) Gentleman.
(b) Hermit.
(c) A man in pain.
(d) The will of man.
2. 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) With force.
(d) Calmly.
3. What does the writer say he would like to become?
(a) Politician.
(b) Bird.
(c) Banker.
(d) Insect.
4. What does the writer say has offended him all of his life?
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) Gravity.
(c) The good nature of others.
(d) Other men.
5. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?
(a) The devil.
(b) Man.
(c) Nature.
(d) God.
Short Answer Questions
1. Under what condition would a man only have to sleep, eat, and complain?
2. An individual is justified in being what according to the law of heightened consciousness?
3. What does the writer say being too conscious is?
4. How long has the writer been underground?
5. Why does the writer say a man cannot change, even if he tries?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of man makes the writer envious?
2. Who does the writer say will submit to the wall?
3. Why does the writer think man sometimes desires nonsense?
4. How does the writer turn a negative characteristic such as laziness into a positive characteristic?
5. In Part 1, Chapter 7, the writer discusses human advantage. According to the writer what is the main premise of human advantage?
6. How does the writer feel about this excuse for revenge and what justification does he state would lead his to revenge?
7. In a discussion about his illness, the writer talks about his superstitions. What is he superstitious about and what does he say about these superstitions?
8. What does the writer say man will and will not be able to do if these formulas exist?
9. In his conversation about the formula of determining free will and desire, what does the writer suppose would explain actions if such a formula did in fact exist?
10. What does the writer's self description tell the reader about this character?
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