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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 are disappointed.
(b) They are pleased.
(c) They forget them.
(d) They regret them.

2. What type of deeds does the writer admit to committing?
(a) Vile.
(b) Altruistic.
(c) Good.
(d) Selfish.

3. What does the writer suggest he would be able to do, if scientists found the formula for life?
(a) Go back in time.
(b) Understand human nature.
(c) Find happiness.
(d) Caculate the next 30 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer describe his apartment?

2. What does the writer think of being defined as a lazy fellow?

3. What do others say about the writer's discussion of himself?

4. How many times has the writer fallen in love?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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 say man will and will not be able to do if these formulas exist?

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

5. How does the writer explain the reason for man of action being a dull-witted person?

6. In Part 1, Chapter 7, the writer discusses human advantage. According to the writer what is the main premise of human advantage?

7. How does the writer turn a negative characteristic such as laziness into a positive characteristic?

8. Why does the writer think man sometimes desires nonsense?

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

10. What does the writer say about the laws of nature with regard to mankind?

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