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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. At what is Henry's anger directed during the battle?

2. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

3. What do the retreating men not see?

4. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

5. How does Henry first feel when he realizes that the Union has won the second battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the camp react to the rumor of going to war tomorrow?

2. What is the symbolism of Henry's wounds being described as inner wounds?

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

4. Define the quandary Henry finds himself in after he has run from the battlefield.

5. How does Henry assess the race to battle?

6. Explain why Henry wanted to stop and observe the dead soldier.

7. Describe how the men began to shed their knapsacks.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the responsibility of command. Use the officer who berated the lieutenant within earshot of the troops as an example of bad command. Your essay can discuss teachers who have influenced you positively or negatively by how they used their authority. Or, include any person of authority who has had a similar impact on you like a boss or relative.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about living with regrets. Using Henry's regret that he was so unfeeling toward the tattered man he allowed to wander off and die alone, enlarge your essay about how everyone has some regret to live with. Discuss how to deal with regrets as Henry did, considering them a kind of learning experience.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE is not just a Civil War story but rather a story about the effects of war on young, impressionable minds. In your essay explain how this story could be set during any war in the history of the world.

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