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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. How does George make up to Myrtle?

2. What did the soldier suffer from when he first got to the front?

3. What subject does Dr. Potter contribute to the dinner conversation?

4. Who is sleeping beside George in the medical tent?

5. Who narrates the fifth chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the fifth chapter.

2. How does Myrtle react to Jones' sexual advances?

3. Why do the soldiers set up camp above the Tchernaya valley?

4. How does Pompey say he tricked the woman to whom he gave the duck?

5. Why does Dr. Potter think that heterosexuality is important?

6. Why does Jones think that an angel is watching over Potter?

7. How does Potter suffer in this chapter?

8. How does Myrtle respond to George's death?

9. Why does Jones describe himself as a circus animal?

10. How does George die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems does George's generation face? How are the problems for George's generation different from the problems his father's generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problems facing your generation.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of the 1850s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the play express the changes European society was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1850s Europe?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1850s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it were set in today's society?

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