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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry think the lieutenant is lacking?
(a) his horse
(b) a plan of attack
(c) any appreciation for fine minds
(d) a loaded rifle

2. As a boy, how had Henry imagined himself ?
(a) as a gentleman farmer
(b) as a hero in wars
(c) as a politician
(d) as a school teacher

3. What becomes Henry's grandiose image of himself?
(a) as a great orator to uplift the world
(b) as a reformer to save the world
(c) as president of the United States
(d) as an angel possessing perfect existence

4. What do some of the soldiers do to make marching easier?
(a) whistle
(b) shed their knapsacks
(c) hold hands
(d) make jokes

5. What does Henry wonder about seeing?
(a) the angel of death
(b) the next sunrise
(c) the monster from which all these men were fleeing
(d) the bullet that will pierce his body

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the retreating men not see?

2. What does Henry first blame for his guilty condition?

3. Who catches up to Henry after Jim Conklin dies?

4. When they stop running, what do the men begin to build?

5. What brings Henry out of his stupor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How successful is Henry at comparing himself to other of the troops?

2. How does Henry realize things are not going as they should?

3. Describe the source of the rumor of going to battle the next day that goes through the camp.

4. What is happening all around Henry?

5. How does Henry mentally separate himself from other men?

6. What particularly pleases Henry when he stops by his old school?

7. After convincing himself that it was a law of nature for men and animals to run from danger, explain how his theory is proved to be untrue.

8. Describe Henry's mental condition after his first experience in battle.

9. What makes Henry think the time has come for him to find out about himself?

10. Explain how Henry perceives the men and wagons retreating from the battle.

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