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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 was the name of Charlie's friend who said she wished she could find a guy like Rob?

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

3. Who did Penny date after the narrator?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Rob ask Laura about Ian in Chapter 10? What does she respond?

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

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

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

7. How does Rob end up sleeping with Marie? How does Rob feel about their interaction?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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