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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. Where is Barry's band set to play in Chapter 22?
2. What line does Rob refer to which Dick says is a song off a Richard Thompson album?
3. What coworker does Laura take Rob to meet in Chapter 29?
4. What does the narrator wonder whether he likes it because he's unhappy or if he's unhappy because he likes it?
5. What is one of the songs that the narrator would want played at his funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who stops outside the shop to look at a flier? Why does he speak to Barry?
2. What happens on Rob's birthday? Who calls?
3. What is Rob's experience at Charlie's house?
4. Who is Jackie? Why does Rob go to see her? What does he learn there?
5. What does Liz tell Rob when she asks him out for a drink in Chapter 15?
6. Where does Rob go to hide from Laura after the funeral? What does she say to him?
7. What is Rob's interaction with Alison Ashworth's parents?
8. How is it for the protagonist to meet his second girlfriend? Where do they meet?
9. Who comes into the shop unannounced in Chapter 22? Why?
10. What does the protagonist ask about while out with his second girlfriend? How does she react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of sexual jealousy in High Fidelity. How does this theme drive the protagonist's actions? How does it reflect in the other characters? What does this phrase mean in relation to the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the stylistic elements of High Fidelity. What is unique about this novel in terms of structure and style? How does this reflect the traits of its protagonist?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss irony in High Fidelity. Define the term in its different uses and give examples of each. What does the narrator mean when he refers directly to irony early in the novel? What is the overriding irony of this character?
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