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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. Who appears in the fourth slot on Halliday's Score Board in Chapter 13?

2. Who is the avatar that attempts blackmailing Wade and Aech in Chapter 13?

3. What is the name of the company that James Halliday created and controlled during his lifetime?

4. How did Wade's mother die?

5. When did James Halliday appear on the cover of Time magazine, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What initial offer does IOI extend to Wade in Chapter 14?

2. What would you say Wade’s actions reflect about his character in Chapter 14?

3. What does Wade learn from Aech in Chapter 15? How does he respond?

4. How have Wade’s circumstances changed in Chapter 16?

5. Who from IOI has contacted Wade in Chapter 13? Why?

6. What happens to Wade’s trailer in Chapter 14?

7. What are Wade’s advantages in the search for the egg?

8. What conflict is presented in the Prologue to Ready Player One?

9. What is ironic about the location of the Tomb of Horrors?

10. How is an “egg” defined in Ready Player One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the setting of OASIS in Ready Player One. How would you compare this virtual reality with your world today? How many planets and/or universes exist within OASIS? How are those settings described?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of romance and identity in Ready Player One. How do these themes intersect in the narrative? What symbolism supports these themes? How are these themes developed through character and setting?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Parzival in the novel? What literary allusion is revealed through this name? How does this name connect directly with the plot of the story?

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