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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 has the narrator determined with Barry is what matters, as opposed to "what you are like"?

2. How long have Rob and Laura lived together?

3. Where did Marie move from?

4. What is the narrator upset his parents didn't tell him that they bought?

5. With whom does the narrator say he had the "best sex [he'd] ever had"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where are the narrator's parents when he goes to visit them? What does he do?

7. What does the performer at the club do after her performance? How does the protagonist react?

8. What does Rob recall about how he met Laura? What song did she request?

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

10. Describe the character of Barry. What does he do for employment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of death and dying in High Fidelity. How does the death of Laura's father create a transition in the protagonist? How does the revelation of death interact with the narrator's fears of relationships?

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 Rob as a symbol for "modern man." In what ways does this character's traits reflect an entire generation? How do his actions?

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