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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. Where does the narrator go with Marie to see T-Bone play in Chapter 20?

2. Which of Rob's friends meets him at the pub on his birthday?

3. What time is Laura's father's funeral?

4. What does Charlie put on artificially and for no apparent reason?

5. Where does the narrator go to eat on his date with Penny?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ian phone Rob? What is their conversation? How is Rob once it ends?

2. What does Rob remark about the times after he and Laura got back together in Chapter 29?

3. Where does Rob meet Sarah? What happens while they are out together?

4. What is Rob's experience at Charlie's house?

5. Who is Jackie? Why does Rob go to see her? What does he learn there?

6. What happens when Laura comes to move her things out? How long does this take?

7. How is it for the protagonist to meet his second girlfriend? Where do they meet?

8. Who stops outside the shop to look at a flier? Why does he speak to Barry?

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

10. What does Liz tell Rob when she asks him out for a drink in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rob as a symbol for "modern man." In what ways does this character's traits reflect an entire generation? How do his actions?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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