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

2. What does the writer think a man of action does when faced with a wall?
(a) Seeks assistance.
(b) Gives up.
(c) Changes his approach.
(d) Finds a solution.

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

4. What does the writer suggest is the result of these feelings about the wall?
(a) Pain.
(b) Relief.
(c) Agony.
(d) Happiness.

5. What is a Waganheims?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) A nobleman.
(d) Man of Action.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What type of deeds does the writer admit to committing?

4. What does the writer state is the only purpose of intelligent people?

5. The writer states that man could not act against his own personal advantage. What, therefore, must his actions be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the writer think is a perfect description for 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. 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?

4. The writer expresses his feelings on why the reader may think he is writing about men of action. What does he say about what the reader may think of his writings?

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

6. 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?

7. What does the writer say about a person who groans with pain?

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

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

10. In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer attributes many qualities to mankind. Does he finish with any specific conclusion of man, and if so ,what?

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