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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. How does the writer say men feel about their decisions a minute after making them?
(a) They regret them.
(b) They are pleased.
(c) They forget them.
(d) They are disappointed.

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

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

4. During Part 1, Chapter 6, the readers learn that the writer is how old?
(a) 45 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 25 years.

5. The writer discusses a pleasure that comes from his illness. From where does the pleasure stem?
(a) Shame.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Joy.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer compare his writings to?

2. How does the writer describe the groans of a toothache?

3. What does the writer say irrationality stems from?

4. What does the writer say he would like to become?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the writer say taking revenge does to a man?

2. 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?

3. What does the writer think will happen if scientists find a formula that predicts where desires originate?

4. How does the writer continue to explain a man of action's seemingly dull-witted actions and justifications?

5. What does the writer state these men think about their own groaning?

6. What does the writer say man will and will not be able to do if these formulas exist?

7. What does the writer think is the purpose of intelligence?

8. Discuss the writer's profession and his feelings about his work.

9. 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?

10. In the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer poses a question about revenge. How does he state that men are able to take revenge on another?

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