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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. Which of Rob's friends meets him at the pub on his birthday?
2. When does the narrator discover Laura's dad has died?
3. What line does Rob refer to which Dick says is a song off a Richard Thompson album?
4. What does Barry want to put up in the shop, which Rob refuses?
5. What time is Laura's father's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Rob go to hide from Laura after the funeral? What does she say to him?
2. What does Liz tell Rob when she asks him out for a drink in Chapter 15?
3. What happens when Laura comes to move her things out? How long does this take?
4. What does Rob finally ask Charlie at the end of the night at her house? What does she reply?
5. How is it for the protagonist to meet his second girlfriend? Where do they meet?
6. Who does Rob convince to go out on the night of his birthday? What is this group like?
7. Who is Jackie? Why does Rob go to see her? What does he learn there?
8. What does the protagonist ask about while out with his second girlfriend? How does she react?
9. Who does Rob attend the funeral with? How does he feel about it? What do they talk about on the ride there?
10. How does the narrator feel seeing Laura after the funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss symbolism and motif in High Fidelity. In addition to music, what are other major motifs and symbols in the novel? What do they represent? Which characters do they reflect?
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 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?
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