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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. How many copies of the same email have IOI sent to Wade in Chapter 13?

2. What is the title of the short film that Halliday released as a video message upon his death?

3. In the funeral scene from James Halliday's video release upon his death, what film is actually shown?

4. What is described in Chapter 16 as the "highly exclusive illegal data-auction site" in OASIS?

5. Where was Ogden Morrow's high school sweetheart originally from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Wade’s score appearing on the scoreboard for the first time?

2. What conflict is presented in the Prologue to Ready Player One?

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

4. Where does Wade go when he attends school?

5. What happens to Wade’s trailer in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

9. How is OASIS defined in Ready Player One? What metaphor can be seen in OASIS?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Sixers in Ready Player One. For what corporation do these individuals work? What is their objective? What actions do the Sixers commit in the narrative? Are the Sixers friends or foes to the protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the pop cultural allusions in Ready Player One. Why do music, films, video games, and television shows from the 1980s figure so heavily into the plot of the story? What are some examples of allusions that recur? How well did you relate to these allusions?

Essay Topic 3

Define an “egg” and discuss the “Easter Egg” in Ready Player One. How is the Easter Egg described when Wade finds it? What does it signify to Wade? What does the egg symbolize to the other characters?

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