Wasteful Consumerism
What are the stacks of magazines in Tyler's home?
Reader's Digest and National Geographic
“Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don’t need. Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don’t really need” (Palahniuk 149)
Tyler
What is the name of Tyler’s soap company?
The Paper Street Soap Company
What is the narrator’s main day job?
Recall campaign coordinator
What does Marla buy from the thrift store?
A Bridesmaid dress
“You being Tyler Durden and all, they’ll probably let us bowl for free. Hey, before we get rid of Tyler, can we go shopping? We could get a nice car. Some clothes. Some CDs. There is an upside to all this free stuff.” (Palahniuk 183)
Marla
Name 3 of the herbs and flowers that are planted in the garden.
Roses, Lavender, Iris, Basil, Rue, Rosemary, Verbena
What job does Tyler steal and splice explicit content?
Part time movie projectionist
What unethical resource is used in Madam's perfume?
Whale blubber
“You don’t care where I live or how I feel, or what I eat or how I feed my kids or how I pay the doctor if I get sick, and yes I am stupid and bored and weak, but I am still your responsibility” (Palahniuk 115)
Tyler
What kind of fertilizer is used in the garden?
Human remains
What boss beat up Tyler when he tried to blackmail them?
The union president of the movie projectionist office.
Name a faulty part that should have been recalled
Cheap leather tanning, air conditioner, turbochargers
“A lot of young people try to impress the world and buy too many things” (Palahniuk 45)
The doorman
What do Project Mayhem applicants need to bring with them?
Two black shirts, two black trousers, a pair of black shoes, two pair of black socks, two pair of underwear, one black coat, one white towel, one army cot mattress, and one plastic mixing bowl.
Name two dishes they tainted while working as servers at the Pressman Hotel.
Orange mousses, Boccone Dolce, Pommes Parisienne, Asperges Hollandaise, artichoke hearts, Pommes Duchesse, Choufleur à la Polonaise, apricot gateau, tomato soup