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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 the narrator say they had "just discovered" in Chapter 1 of the intro?

2. Where does the woman live who calls about the record collection in Chapter 6?

3. With whom does the narrator say he had the "best sex [he'd] ever had"

4. In what year does Chapter 3 of the introduction take place?

5. At what number does the narrator guess that a man would be "entitled to appear on an Oprah episode about promiscuity"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Barry. What does he do for employment?

2. What happens the morning after Rob sleeps with Marie?

3. What does the protagonist think of the idea of going to the movies with his parents? Who does he see at the cinema who depresses him?

4. What does Rob ask Laura when they meet at a pub in Chapter 14? What does she reply?

5. How does the protagonist discover who "Ian" is? How does he recall this character?

6. What does Rob say when he thinks of the progression of his and Laura's relationship?

7. Who is Dick's new girlfriend? What does Barry do when he hears news that Dick is dating someone?

8. What interaction does Barry have with a customer in the shop that angers Rob? How does he react?

9. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to hear music in Chapter 5? Who do they hear? How does the main character react?

10. What were the narrator's first two relationships like and how did they end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Laura and Marie. How are they similar? How are they different? What about each of them compels the narrator? What is the difference in his interactions with both?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the phrase, spoken by the narrator, "What you like is more important than what you are like." What does this phrase mean? How does it apply to the novel? Is the character proved right or wrong by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structure of High Fidelity. Define the terms exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action in your answer and explain where these are found in the text.

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