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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) His attitude is the reason he got fired.
(b) He should have acted more professional.
(c) It is a lie out of spite.
(d) He is satisified with his attitude.

2. What does the writer state man wants to cling to?
(a) Abject foolishness.
(b) The greatness of others.
(c) Revenge.
(d) The laws of nature.

3. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?
(a) Loathing.
(b) Inertia.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Pain.

4. Who does the writer say would not understand the feelings of men about their decisions?
(a) The weak and weary.
(b) The strong willed.
(c) Those who have never been slapped.
(d) Men of action.

5. What does the writer say a man can do with no primary cause for action?
(a) Seek comfort in the wall.
(b) Beat his head against the wall.
(c) Give up.
(d) Return home and moan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer state would be his primary cause for any action?

2. What does a sense of revenge do to a man?

3. What is a Waganheims?

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

5. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What does the writer say taking revenge does to a man?

6. According to the writer, what is the difference between reason and desire?

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

8. Why does the writer quit working?

9. 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?

10. What does the writer say about the laws of nature with regard to mankind?

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