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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 song does Marie say is about a breakup with her ex?
2. Whose music is playing in the shop when Marie comes in?
3. How long did the narrator go out with Charlie?
4. In what year does Chapter 2 of the introduction take place?
5. What is the name of the club that Marie invites the guys to in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens the morning after Rob sleeps with Marie?
2. How does the protagonist discover who "Ian" is? How does he recall this character?
3. How does the main character react to the pricing of the record collection?
4. What "astonishing" thing happens at the shop regarding "The Sid James Experience?"
5. How does Rob end up sleeping with Marie? How does Rob feel about their interaction?
6. What does the narrator do in times of trouble? How does this console him?
7. 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?
8. What were the narrator's first two relationships like and how did they end?
9. Where are the narrator's parents when he goes to visit them? What does he do?
10. How does Rob assume Liz found out information which made her yell at him? What could she have found out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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