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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 does the narrator do for his birthday?

2. Who does Rob call at the beginning of Chapter 16?

3. Where does Alison now live?

4. What does the narrator describe the man interested in the band flier as looking like?

5. Where does Liz take Rob out to tell him to stop phoning Laura?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rob's interaction with Alison Ashworth's parents?

2. Who does Rob convince to go out on the night of his birthday? What is this group like?

3. What happens on Rob's birthday? Who calls?

4. What do the guys talk about at work regarding funeral music?

5. Who does Rob attend the funeral with? How does he feel about it? What do they talk about on the ride there?

6. What happens to make Rob walk out after the funeral?

7. Who does Charlie want Rob to meet? Why? How does he feel about it?

8. What does the protagonist ask about while out with his second girlfriend? How does she react?

9. How does the narrator feel seeing Laura after the funeral?

10. Who are Paul and Miranda? What happens when Rob meets them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of Idolization and Reality. How does this theme apply to High Fidelity? How does the theme reflect the main character? How do idolization and reality intercede with the other major themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the stylistic elements of High Fidelity. What is unique about this novel in terms of structure and style? How does this reflect the traits of its protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Dick and Barry. How are they similar? How are they different? How does the journey of each character relate to the other?

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