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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 is the name of the tattooist in Chapter 3 of the introduction?
2. What does the narrator say they had "just discovered" in Chapter 1 of the intro?
3. How old is the narrator in Chapter 1 of the introduction?
4. What is Laura's profession?
5. With whom does the narrator say he had the "best sex [he'd] ever had"
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the final woman on Rob's list? How did their relationship come about?
2. Who is Dick? Describe this character.
3. What interaction does Barry have with a customer in the shop that angers Rob? How does he react?
4. Who comes to the shop on the Saturday after the main characters go to the pub? What happens?
5. What does Rob recall about how he met Laura? What song did she request?
6. Who is Laura? How long has the protagonist known her?
7. What does the performer at the club do after her performance? How does the protagonist react?
8. What does Rob ask Laura when they meet at a pub in Chapter 14? What does she reply?
9. 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?
10. What does Rob ask Laura about Ian in Chapter 10? What does she respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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