WorksheetsReady Player One Chapters 0000-0007
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who is the narrator of Ready Player One?
Ernest Cline
James Halliday
Wade Watts
Aech
How does the point of view affect the novel?
The 1st person point of view allows us to hear what Wade is thinking and feeling.
The 3rd person objective of view keeps the reader in suspense.
The 3rd person limited point of view allows us to hear the thoughts of Wade and his aunt.
The 3rd person omniscient point of view allows us to hear everyone's thoughts and feelings.
Finish the following line, “Everyone my age remembers where and what they were doing when…”
JFK died
The space shuttle blew up.
Two planes flew into the twin towers on 9/11.
James Halliday (the designer responsible for creating a massive, global, online game died)
Define Heir as used in the sentence below:
As famous as he was, Halliday’s death should have warranted only a brief segment on the evening news, so the unwashed masses could shake their heads in envy when the newscasters announced the obscenely large amount of money that would be doled out to the rich man’s heirs.
A person who inherits or is entitled to inherit the rank, title, position of another
A person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following death.
A person or group considered as inheriting the tradition, talent of a predecessor
None of the above
What is life like in year 2045?
Life is as peaceful as country-side living.
Life is a lot like it is today.
Life is much more advanced, making everyone’s lives better.
Life has gone downhill. There is violence, overpopulation, and a major energy crisis that's been going on for decades.
Many people around the world use the immersive video game, the OASIS, on a daily basis. According to the condition that Earth is in, why do you think the people would use a virtual reality engine instead of spending time in the real world?
The Earth is in such a horrible state, that the people would want to abandon it.
People would rather "escape reality" instead of experience the problems occurring in the real world.
The people in the book really don't use the OASIS all that much. They also have lives outside of the game.
The outside world doesn't impact their choice to use the OASIS. Spending time in the OASIS is completely independent from spending time in the real world.
Which statement BEST supports the idea that Wade believes humans caused the energy crisis?
We figured out how to grow food and domesticate animals so we didn’t have to spend all of our time hunting. Our tribes got much bigger, and we spread across the entire planet like an unstoppable virus.
For a bunch of hairless apes, we’ve actually managed to invent some pretty incredible things. Computers. Medicine. Lasers. Microwave Ovens. Artificial hearts. Atomic bombs.
We used up most of this fuel before you got here, and now it’s pretty much all gone. This means that we no longer have enough money to keep our civilization running like it was before.
Our global civilization came at a huge cost. We needed a whole bunch of energy to build it.
How does the setting affect the narrator?
It causes him to feel sorry for himself and skip school
It causes him to long for something better and work harder.
It creates anger from other gunters and desire revenge.
It creates sympathy for the unsuccessful and a chance to enlighten them.
How many people live in Wade's trailer?
5
10
15
20
How does Wade support himself?
His aunt pays for his food.
He fixes and pawns old computers.
He steals food vouchers.
He works as an Oasis technician.
What did Wade mean when he alluded to the fact that, “The Almanac had become my bible. (choose all that apply - hint there are 2)
He was hinting at the fact that Halliday’s updated journal entries (The Almanac) had become central to his search for something higher, or better - in this case - the inheritance.
He was hinting at the fact that Halliday’s updated journal entries (The Almanac) would give him the confidence he needed to find the Easter Egg.
He believed that The Almanac contained more truths about God than the bible.
He had faith that the Almanac contained all of the answers he was looking for in his search for the Easter Egg.
What was Wade hoping to allude to by choosing the name Parzival, after the knight of Arthurian legend who had found the Holy Grail?
That he would be the one to find the Holy Grail of the OASIS--the Easter Egg; therefore, win billions of dollars.
That by letting his audience know what a legend he was seen as in the OASIS.
By providing irony that his character was a mighty legend, but that he was the opposite--nothing.
By making his avatar human like, he is attempting to get across the point of what it means to be human.
One of the main attractions of OASIS is that it is an open-source game:
“Halliday and Morrow referred to the OASIS as an ‘open-source reality,’ a universe that anyone could access via the Internet.” (p.57)
What would be the BEST meaning for the word “open-source?”
anyone can use and modify
anyone can use, but only the company can update.
only subscribers can use and modify.
only subscribers can use and the company can update.
How did OASIS make it’s billions? (choose all that apply) (p.59)
By charging its customers twenty five dollars to download the game.
By selling virtual real estate (surreal estate).
By selling virtual objects to its players.
Through Advertising.
How does Wade describe the makeup of the Oasis?
like a "Pie Chart"
like a "Golf Course, with many more holes"
like a "Rubik's Cube"
like a "Train with it's Cars and Caboose"
There are planets in the OASIS that allow magic?
True
False
What words greet you when you sign into the OASIS?
Are You Ready
Don’t Mess Up
Let’s Get It
Ready Player One
What are two goals of Halliday's Easter Egg Hunt? Choose two.
to increase the wealth of the younger generation
to find an heir for his vast fortune
to trick the younger generation into spending more money on his products
to pass ownership of OASIS to someone worthy
to increase friendshps between gunters
What is the purpose of the following verse:
Three hidden keys open three secret gates
Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits
And those with the skill to survive these straits
Will reach the end where the prize awaits
To announce the hunt for the Halliday Easter Egg to Begin
To give OASIS players’ clues as to where his inheritance can be found.
To give clues as to where the Easter Egg that will make on lucky player the heir to Halliday’s billion dollar fortune.
To be used as a code that will unlock secret doors that can be found in OASIS.
What are the three elements that the keys are made of?
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Copper, Jade, Crystal
Silver, Aluminum, Tin
Copper, Gold, Silver
What is the nickname given to Egg Hunters?
Egg Heads
Gunters
Hunters
None of the above
What are Sixers?
Athletes from Wade's virtual high school.
Contestants who work on their own to solve the puzzle.
Professional hunters employed by innovative Online industries.
Hunters who form groups and vow to share the profits with each other.
Why does IOI want to take control of the OASIS?
To charge a monthly fee for access to the OASIS
To place advertisements throughout the OASIS
To sell goods and services inside the OASIS
Both A and B
Based upon the statement below, the reader can infer:
Like most gunters, I was horrified at the thought of IOI (Innovative Online Industries) taking control of the OASIS. The company’s PR machine had made its intentions crystal clear. IOI believed that Halliday never properly monetized his creation, and they wanted to remedy that. They would start charging a monthly fee for access to the simulation. They would plaster advertisements on every visible surface. User anonymity and free speech would become things of the past. The moment IOI took it over, the OASIS would cease to be the open-source virtual utopia I’d grown up in. It would become a corporate run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.
Wade believes that the OASIS would cease to exist and IOI would create a new monetized version.
IOI would not change the OASIS and leave everything as is.
IOI would do anything to find the Easter Egg and gain control of the OASIS.
Wade believes that IOI’s takeover of the OASIS would be a terrible thing for society in general.
Which class helped Wade figure out the first clue?
Computers
English
Geometry
Latin
