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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. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador?
2. How much help is Sergeant Harper to Sharpe?
3. What does Sharpe do as Loup is leaving?
4. What does Loup tell Ducos as soon as he meets him?
5. How does Kiely's duel with a Frenchman end?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Sharpe find out what happened to the Portuguese ammunition wagons?
2. What is happening with the Real Compañía Irlandesa that worries Sharpe?
3. What kind of problem do Sarsfield and Donaju bring to Sharpe and what is his response?
4. What is Sharpe ordered to do with the Real and why?
5. What does Sharpe find out from Donaju about Kiely?
6. What does Kiely tell Sharpe about the French and about his men?
7. What does Sharpe suggest Donaju do about the problem with the troops?
8. How does Sharpe deal with the problem of desertion?
9. What is Juanita's job with the Real Compañía Irlandesa?
10. What is in the letter from the Spanish king to General Wellington that upsets him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The military way of life is in and of itself similar to a distinct culture. Understanding how the military is organized, how it operates, and its basic rules of conduct will make any novel that centers on the military more understandable and enjoyable. Discuss one of the following:
1. Describe and analyze the military structure during the time of Sharpe's Battle. What is rank? What is the difference between officers and enlisted men? How serious is it to disobey an order? What happens if one decides he does not like being in the military and walks away? How are men conscripted? Does the infantry have a similar means of augmenting their ranks as the maritime action called "impressments"?
2. Compare the infantry of Sharpe's Battle to that in modern times in for the United States, England or France. What are the similarities? The differences? Are the changes from those times improvements? Why or why not? (This question will require some research).
3. Discuss why you think the military has the following: Uniforms, a rank structure of Officers and Enlisted, Strict Discipline, Training for New Recruits, Court Martial, and Different types of companies (i.e., rifle, Cavalry, artillery, etc). Discuss why you think men (and nowadays women) choose to become professional soldiers.
Essay Topic 2
Sharpe's Battle is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. Discuss the following.
1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.
2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.
3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
A work of fiction is often organized around a structure called a plot. Discuss the following:
1. Define plot and its major parts (rising action, climax, falling action, resolution [or denouement]. Write a sentence or two synopsis of the major plot of the Sharpe's Battle.
2. Identify where the parts of the plot seem to fall in Sharpe's Battle. Explain using examples.
3. Define the literary term "subplot." Write a sentence or two synopsis of a subplot in Sharpe's Battle.
4. Identify the major parts of the subplot you identified in task number 3.
5. Why do you think identifying the plot and elements of the plot is useful?
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