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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. Who created the video game "Joust"?

2. How does Wade get access to the area where the cave indicating the Tomb of Horrors is in Chapter 7?

3. What is Wade's score when his avatar is displayed on Halliday's website after winning "Joust" in Chapter 9?

4. What is the file-sharing program used by gunters around the world that Wade describes in Chapter 6?

5. What is the Latin verb meaning "to learn"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wade learn from Aech in Chapter 12?

2. What would you say Wade’s actions reflect about his character in Chapter 14?

3. Who is Art3mis? How does Wade feel about this character?

4. How does Wade locate the tomb in Chapter 7?

5. Who from IOI has contacted Wade in Chapter 13? Why?

6. What is ironic about the location of the Tomb of Horrors?

7. What initial offer does IOI extend to Wade in Chapter 14?

8. Who is Aech? What is this character’s relationship to the protagonist?

9. What happens when Wade attains the key in Chapter 8?

10. Who are the Sixers in the novel? What is their objective?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the main actions, objectives, and obstacles of the protagonist in Ready Player One. What is the ultimate goal of this character? What stands in his way of reaching that goal? How does he handle those obstacles?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Parzival in the novel? What literary allusion is revealed through this name? How does this name connect directly with the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Aech in the novel. What does Aech’s avatar look like? How does this differ from Aech’s true appearance in the “real world”? Where does Aech live?

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