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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 are the articles about that the narrator reads to distract himself?

2. What does Tyler urge the narrator to realize while his hand is burning?

3. What does Marla do when the narrator tells her the fat is used to make soap?

4. What does Tyler tell the narrator about how he met Maria?

5. What did the hostess do when Tyler told her about the pee in the perfume bottle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Tyler's first civil disobedience act that the narrator recalls while in the stopped elevator?

2. How does the narrator realize that the first two rules of Fight Club are being broken?

3. What is the triangle that the narrator mentions in the opening scene? Why are anarchy, guns and an explosion used to represent that triangle?

4. When Tyler and the narrator first meet, how do their lives and personalities differ?

5. What story does the narrator tell Marla to cheer her up when he finds a lump on her breast?

6. Why does Tyler urinate into the soup at the banquet for dignitaries?

7. Why can't the narrator cry when Marla is at the same support groups as him?

8. What does the chemical kiss that Tyler burns into the narrator's hand mean?

9. How is the chemical kiss that Tyler gives the narrator also a symbol for Fight Club?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

From the beginning to the end of the book, the narrator makes a full transition into Tyler Durden. True or false? Support your argument for this statement with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator's concept of the single-serving life and its significance to his own life. What kind of social commentary does the narrator provide with this term? How are his feelings on wanting to die linked to the single-serving life? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

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