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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 other secret do Henry and his friend share?
2. What does the lieutenant order the complaining men to do?
3. What do Henry and his friend succeed in doing?
4. What is Henry's first impression as he wakes the next morning after returning to his regiment?
5. How does Henry explain his absence from the regiment.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does this battle prove about the regiment?
2. What does Henry do to prevent Wilson from being reminded of how scared he was earlier?
3. Describe what startles Henry when he wakes up the following morning.
4. Describe how the battle begins as Henry's regiment begins the charge.
5. What does Henry observe as weariness comes over his comrades?
6. After the charge, when they realized they were safe, how do some of the men return to their own lines?
7. How was Henry's reception back in the unit better than what he had hoped for?
8. Tell what Henry and his friend overheard on the way back from the fruitless search for water.
9. Where does Henry's regiment go and why?
10. How is Henry saved from having to tell a made-up story about his wound and separation from the group?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay on the importance of the red badge of courage to the theme of Stephen Crane's novel. Evaluate the title as to it effectiveness in arousing a reader to select the book. Also discuss how this badge differs from what is usually thought of as a badge of honor.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the effects on the people soldiers leave behind when they go off to war. Begin with Henry's mother and the dark-haired girl. Then include more modern examples of this kind of separation.
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