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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. As a boy, how had Henry imagined himself ?

2. What does Henry see that is his first encounter with the reality of war?

3. How does Henry describe his months in camp?

4. Why does Henry begin to think it would be better to be killed?

5. How is the regiment treated on the way to Washington?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Henry assess the race to battle?

4. What is the first rumor that gets started as a result of the battle?

5. What particularly pleases Henry when he stops by his old school?

6. What part does glory play in motivating men to join in a war?

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

8. What does Henry decide nature has done with him?

9. Describe how Henry's doubts and questions linger as he waits in the camp.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the emotional impact of coming up on an unexpected scene of tragedy. In your essay discuss how this happens frequently when people discover dead bodies. Include the trauma that is likely to occur to the person who finds such a ghastly thing. Add to that the immobilizing effect of such a discovery and the probable reasons it is difficult to tear one's eyes away from it.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about advertisements for young men and women to join the military. Give your opinion on that as a recruitment process. Include how the attractiveness of the advertisement does not include the realities of being ordered into a war zone.

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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