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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 it feel like to Henry as he waits for the Rebels to charge?

2. What amazes Henry after the Rebels retreat?

3. What does Henry wonder about seeing?

4. Why does the lieutenant hold his hand away from his body?

5. How has Henry always viewed himself in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Henry's next encounter with the dead different from his stumbling upon the single dead soldier.

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

3. How does the tattered man put another face on the victims of war?

4. How does Henry assess the race to battle?

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

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

7. Describe Henry's mental condition after his first experience in battle.

8. What is the reality of the situation during this first battle?

9. Describe the source of the rumor of going to battle the next day that goes through the camp.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the effects of rumor. In your paper, include how rumors get started and why they are most often wrong. Also mention how difficult it is to deny rumor when the majority of people around firmly believe the rumor is true. Explain when rumor can become dangerous.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about comfort in numbers. Beginning with Henry's seeing a large number of men and wagons leaving the battlefield and how he was comforted by the thought that he was not the only one to desert the battle, write your essay about how people seek comfort in numbers. Explain that, as in Henry's case, the numbers may not be what one thinks they are.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about symbols that move people emotionally or cause them to act honorably. In your essay discuss symbols that particularly move you. Describe how such symbols cause reactions in people to whom they have special meaning.

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