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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. About what does Lucille make fun of Lorcet?
2. What does Gudin mention that prompts Sharpe to ask for more information?
3. Whose orders was Sharpe following when he and others recovered the gold?
4. What has Sharpe read in the papers?
5. What does Sharpe learn about as the enemy are collecting their death and wounded?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who pushes their way into the house while Sharpe is gone, and what do they do and say?
2. What does Sharpe tell Locet about the gold?
3. How does Sharpe send Gudin off?
4. What does Sharpe tell the people in the church?
5. What does Sharpe tell Lorcet when Lorcet calls upstairs to Challon?
6. How do Sharpe and Malan get into Lucille's house?
7. What does Lorcet say to Lucille when it starts to snow? What does she reply?
8. Where does Challon take Lucille, and what interrupts his plans for her the first time?
9. How does Sharpe deal with the three men who are with him?
10. What does Sharpe do when he hears of Nicholls' death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Any work of fiction has some similarities, yet the structure can engender differences. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast how the structure of the short stories, Sharpe's Christmas and Sharpe's Ransom, informs the reading experience to how the structure of one of Cornwell's novels might do the same.
2. Many readers love novels and are indifferent to short stories, and vice versa. Discuss why you think some readers would enjoy one format over another.
3. Choose a short, one-act play and compare it to one of the short stories as far as how structure affects the reading experience.
Essay Topic 2
Though this novel is probably more action driven rather than character driven, obviously there are several characters who make the novel what it is. Discuss one of the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Sharpe and Caillou. Include their goals, sense of honor, abilities and social skills. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Gudin and Picard. Include their goals, sense of honor, abilities, and social skills. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Thoroughly analyze the character of Richard Sharpe discussing both his strong and weak points and how both affect the outcome of the plot. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Sharpe's Christmas. Consider the following: How does one character's actions portray the theme you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to that theme? Is the theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?
2. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Sharpe's Christmas. How does one character's actions portray the themes you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to those themes? Is each theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?
3. What benefit is there in discussing and analyzing the themes of a work of fiction? Do you think most authors consciously develop themes in their works? Why or why not? Can there be accidental themes? What do you think is one possible "accidental" theme in Sharpe's Christmas? Which theme in Sharpe's Christmas speaks to you the most in your life? Why?
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