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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. Whose music is playing in the shop when Marie comes in?

2. Who did the narrator meet at the club where he deejayed?

3. What is the narrator's name in High Fidelity?

4. Where do Dick and Barry both live?

5. At what number does the narrator guess that a man would be "entitled to appear on an Oprah episode about promiscuity"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dick's new girlfriend? What does Barry do when he hears news that Dick is dating someone?

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Laura? How long has the protagonist known her?

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

8. What were the narrator's first two relationships like and how did they end?

9. What happens when the narrator's mother calls in Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the use of narrative in High Fidelity. What is the voice and tense of the novel? How does this affect the reader? Could this novel have been written in a different voice or tense? Why or why not?

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