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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 does Tyler tell the narrator about how he met Maria?

2. What does the narrator realize about Fight Club over the next few weeks?

3. Who are on the floors below Tyler and the narrator in the opening scene of the book?

4. What did Tyler do to the hostess the first time he sabotaged a dinner party?

5. Why does the narrator wonder if Tyler and Marla are the same person?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel secretly relieved about his condominium exploding?

2. Why is Fight Club a males-only club?

3. Why does Tyler tell the narrator not to talk about him to Marla?

4. When the narrator confronts Marla about being a "tourist" at the support groups, how does Marla respond?

5. When the reader first encounters Bob, what does he look like and what does he represent?

6. Why does airport security stop the narrator at the airport after one of his business trips?

7. What does the narrator's comment about his boss's tie and the day of the week signify?

8. Why does the narrator start writing haikus to his coworkers?

9. What is the meaning of a single-serving life that the narrator refers to as his own?

10. After the narrator's boss finds the Fight Club rules, he and the narrator have a conversation. What does this conversation signify about the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tyler uses lye to burn a kiss-shaped scar into the back of the narrator's hand. It eventually becomes the brand of Fight Club. Using the scene between Tyler and the narrator, explain what the chemical kiss is and what it means to Fight Club and its mission. Cite other moments in the text where the chemical kiss makes an appearance. Is its meaning the same in those instances? Explain the significance of the ritualistic branding in Fight Club.

Essay Topic 2

When the reader first meets the narrator, he is struggling with ongoing insomnia. Eventually, Tyler Durden emerges when the narrator is asleep and causes chaos within the narrator's life and society at large. Would this have happened had the narrator not been an insomniac? Did the narrator always have Tyler within him and, therefore, would he have come out at some point no matter what? Why, or why not? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, castration is a recurring theme. Discuss the meaning of castration in the novel in reference to society and its members, and explain how the term is used. Cite specific examples from the text.

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