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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. In Part 1, the writer describes his previous employment and attitude toward the job and the people he worked with. After going through this explanation, what does he say about this description?
(a) It is a lie out of spite.
(b) His attitude is the reason he got fired.
(c) He is satisified with his attitude.
(d) He should have acted more professional.

2. What is the reason given for the writer's attitude and behavior in this profession?
(a) No job satisfaction.
(b) Too much power.
(c) Honesty.
(d) No need for the job.

3. When would a man stop his vile nature?
(a) When he becomes enlightened.
(b) Never.
(c) In death.
(d) When the primary causes are clearly defined.

4. After describing a man of action, the writer notes what how a man of action feels about himself. According to the writer, what does a man of action feel himself to be?
(a) A model citizen.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A lion.
(d) An outsider.

5. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?
(a) A fact of life.
(b) A deterrent.
(c) A challenge.
(d) Simply a small obstacle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would the writer confess to wrongdoing when he is innocent?

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

3. What is a troglodyte?

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

5. How does the writer feel about a man of action?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. The writer refers to the "beautiful and sublime". What exactly is this in reference to?

4. Why does the writer quit working?

5. 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?

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

7. Who does the writer say will submit to the wall?

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

9. What type of man makes the writer envious?

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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