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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 appears in the fourth slot on Halliday's Score Board in Chapter 13?

2. On what date was Wade born?

3. On what date does an avatar's name first appear on the top of Halliday's scoreboard, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

4. How does Wade define a "poem with four lines of text and an alternate-line rhyme scheme" in Chapter 13?

5. When was the Dungeons & Dragons supplement "Tomb of Horrors" published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the Latin language in Ready Player One?

2. What discovery does Wade make during class in Chapter 7?

3. How are the gunter clans described in Ready Player One?

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

5. What competition must Wade engage in, in order to attain the key in Chapter 8?

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

7. What are Wade’s advantages in the search for the egg?

8. How have Wade’s circumstances changed in Chapter 16?

9. How would you describe the protagonist of Ready Player One?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Sorrento in Ready Player One. Where does Wade first encounter Sorrento? Is this character a friend or foe to the protagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Wade and Art3mis in the novel. How does Wade feel about Art3mis when they first meet? How does their relationship evolve in the course of the story? Where does their relationship stand in the ending?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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