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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. How long does the narrator say his first relationship lasted?

2. Who does the main character go to visit in Chapter 11?

3. What information has the narrator discovered before going out and meeting up with Marie and friends in Chapter 10?

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

5. How long did the narrator go out with Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rob say when he thinks of the progression of his and Laura's relationship?

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

6. Who does the narrator describe as his biggest love and hardest breakup? How did their relationship begin and end?

7. How does the protagonist discover who "Ian" is? How does he recall this character?

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

9. How does Rob assume Liz found out information which made her yell at him? What could she have found out?

10. Why do Barry and Rob have a fight in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Laura and Marie. How are they similar? How are they different? What about each of them compels the narrator? What is the difference in his interactions with both?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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