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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. For whom had Charlie left the narrator?
2. What is the narrator upset his parents didn't tell him that they bought?
3. What is one of the things Rob did before Laura left?
4. According to the narrator, how many "men in this country have slept with ten or more women"?
5. What does Laura say she wants to pick up from Rob's apartment in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to hear music in Chapter 5? Who do they hear? How does the main character react?
2. What does the protagonist think when he sees the record collection of the woman who called? Why does she have the price she does for the collection?
3. What does Rob ask Laura when they meet at a pub in Chapter 14? What does she reply?
4. What does the narrator do in times of trouble? How does this console him?
5. What does Rob say when he thinks of the progression of his and Laura's relationship?
6. Who does the narrator describe as his biggest love and hardest breakup? How did their relationship begin and end?
7. Where does the protagonist work? How does he describe this place?
8. Where are the narrator's parents when he goes to visit them? What does he do?
9. Who comes to the shop on the Saturday after the main characters go to the pub? What happens?
10. Who is the final woman on Rob's list? How did their relationship come about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Dick and Barry. How are they similar? How are they different? How does the journey of each character relate to the other?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of Idolization and Reality. How does this theme apply to High Fidelity? How does the theme reflect the main character? How do idolization and reality intercede with the other major themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss music as both a symbol and a theme in the novel. What does music symbolize to each of the main characters? How is it thematic to the novel?
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