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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 discover about Hakeswill after the convent is secured?

2. With what is most of the basement in the convent filled?

3. What is wrong physically with General Nairn at the beginning of the book?

4. What nationality is General Nairn?

5. Where does Sharpe go at the beginning of Chapter 1 to get out of the cold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in Andrados at the beginning of the novel and who is doing it?

2. What does Sharpe and Harper do when they first arrive at Andrados?

3. What do Pot-au-Feu and Hakeswill suggest to Sharpe and the others and what are they doing while they talk?

4. What does Sharpe urge Farthingdale to do and what does he do? What do the defenders do?

5. What happens to Sharpe and the three others in the convent shortly after they meet?

6. Who is Spain at war with and how is the country divided?

7. Who are the men Sharpe and Harper see first at Andrados and why are they there?

8. What does Farthingdale do with his troops as Christmas day breaks?

9. What is in the fortress near Andrados?

10. What type of combat unit has the Prince Regent sent, why has he sent it and how does Nairn feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following and compare and contrast the two people. Include in the discussion their type of leadership, their personality, their morals and whether you would like to serve under them.

1. Sharpe and Farthingdale.

2. Teresa and Josefina.

3. Hakeswill and Ducos.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Sharpe's Enemy. 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 Enemy. 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 Enemy? Which theme in Sharpe's Enemy speaks to you the most in your life? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Cornwell has tried as much as possible to use historical events and facts around which to weave his work of fiction. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Sharpe's Enemy qualifies as an historical fiction? Why or why not?

2. If much of the events in Sharpe's Enemy are historical, what surprises you about the way the events play out?

3. Do you think the culture of that era is more or less advanced than you imagined? Explain.

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