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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 give the narrator after they meet?
2. What did Tyler do to the hostess the first time he sabotaged a dinner party?
3. What do the police suspect caused the damage to the narrator's apartment?
4. What does Marla notice about the narrator while he is at the Regent Hotel with her?
5. What does the narrator listen to Tyler recount while he is being held captive by Tyler?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the triangle that the narrator mentions in the opening scene? Why are anarchy, guns and an explosion used to represent that triangle?
3. What was Tyler's first civil disobedience act that the narrator recalls while in the stopped elevator?
4. What story does the narrator tell Marla to cheer her up when he finds a lump on her breast?
5. Why is Fight Club a males-only club?
6. How is the chemical kiss that Tyler gives the narrator also a symbol for Fight Club?
7. Where does the narrator's jealousy about Marla and Tyler come from?
8. Why can't the narrator cry when Marla is at the same support groups as him?
9. What does Marla tell the narrator was her reason for not wanting to know about her breast cancer when she found the first lump?
10. When Tyler and the narrator first meet, how do their lives and personalities differ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Marla Singer is meant to represent everything that is wrong within society. She is Tyler's argument for why society must be defied and uprooted back to zero. Would you agree or disagree? Why? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Who is the character in the mental institution at the end of Fight Club? Tyler, or the narrator? Based on the struggle between the two characters for power, which character would make the most sense? Support your answer with specific examples from the text, presenting a clear and cohesive argument.
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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