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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. According to the narrator, how many "men in this country have slept with ten or more women"?

2. Who is Rob anxious about coming to the shop in Chapter 5?

3. Who is the friend of both the narrator and Laura who wishes they would get back together?

4. The narrator says that in Bruce Springsteen songs you can either "stay and rot" or what?

5. Where did Ian live until six weeks ago in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the protagonist work? How does he describe this place?

2. How does the main character react to the pricing of the record collection?

3. What does the narrator do in times of trouble? How does this console him?

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

5. Who comes to the shop on the Saturday after the main characters go to the pub? What happens?

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

7. Who is the final woman on Rob's list? How did their relationship come about?

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

9. What "astonishing" thing happens at the shop regarding "The Sid James Experience?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 the various uses of foreshadowing in the novel. Define what the term foreshadowing means and give examples of the text which reflect this literary technique. What is the purpose of foreshadowing in each of these instances?

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