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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 did Laura request to have played at the club where the narrator deejayed?

2. Who is number one on the list of "Top five memorable breakups"?

3. What year is listed for the character of Alison?

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

5. Where did Marie move from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of sexual jealousy in High Fidelity. How does this theme drive the protagonist's actions? How does it reflect in the other characters? What does this phrase mean in relation to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of "growing up" in the novel. How does this apply to the protagonist? How is this theme reflective of his relationships? What is this theme's relevance to the journey on which the narrator goes?

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