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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 does the writer feel about men of strong character?
(a) There are very few of them.
(b) They run the world.
(c) They are without limits.
(d) They are limited.

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

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

4. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?
(a) More interesting.
(b) Easier.
(c) More difficult.
(d) Boring.

5. What does the writer state is a privilege of man that no other animal has?
(a) Revenge.
(b) The ability to defy laws of nature.
(c) The ability to do good deeds.
(d) The ability to swear.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man identifies the primary cause of an action, how does he go about this action?

2. The writer describes a man who knew every thing about Chateau-Lafite. How does the writer say this man dies?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer again discusses the wall and suggests how various types of people may perceive the wall. What does he say that some people do when they are faced with the wall?

4. The writer discusses a pleasure that comes from his illness. From where does the pleasure stem?

5. How does the writer define desire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the writer describe his servant?

3. What does the writer say about the families of men who continually groan with pain?

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. The writer states the continual fighting seen throughout the ages is a display of what character flaw of man?

8. 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?

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

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

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