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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason given for the writer's attitude and behavior in this profession?

2. When the writer states that there is something wrong with his liver, why does he refuse to go to a doctor?

3. What is the ultimate result of the writer's always being offended?

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

5. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the writer state is the antithesis of a normal person?

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

3. How does the writer describe his servant?

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

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

6. What does the writer's self description tell the reader about this character?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The writer states that there are some things a man cannot tell his closest friends and even some things that man cannot be honest about with himself. He then comments that he will try to be honest when writing his notes. Do you think the writer is truly honest with himself throughout the entire book?

If yes, explain your answer. If no, does the writer ever become fully honest with himself and, if so, at what point?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the tone of the dinner party. Is the writer happy to be there? Is he accepted? Does anything happen to change the tone during the party?

Essay Topic 3

The writer states that he is envious of the normal man. Do you think the writer is a normal man? Why? Why does the writer not feel he is a normal man? What is it about the normal man that the writer is envious of?

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