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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 Prior appear at the opening of Chapter 8?

2. Who wrote the letter Dr. Rivers is reading at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. About what do the two men talk?

4. What did Sassoon do with the answer to question #8?

5. Why did Sassoon want a court-martial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Burns in Chapter 2 and what is Rivers' response?

2. What happens in Chapter 3 when Graves arrives at the hospital?

3. In Chapter 4 what does Burns do when he leaves the hospital for part of a day?

4. What does Sassoon notice in the taxi and why does he touch his chest?

5. Why is Prior at the hospital?

6. How does Rivers try to convince Sassoon to return to the war?

7. What does Sassoon tell Dr. Rivers about his medical board and what did the board determine about Sassoon?

8. Who is Anderson and why is he at the hospital?

9. How does Prior look to Rivers in Chapter 8 and what is he doing that earns Rivers' disapproval?

10. What does Sassoon do after his swim with Graves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast Sassoon to Rivers. How are they alike? How are they different? Do you think their differences are mainly due to their different positions? Why or why not?

2. Compare/contrast Sasson to Prior. How are they alike? How are they different? How do their "world views" differ? Do you think the difference between their class affects who they are?

3. Compare/contrast Rivers to Yealland. How are they alike? How are they different? Who is more likeable? Approachable? Compassionate? Intellectual?

Essay Topic 2

Sassoon has decided not to fight in the war any longer. Some would see this as a rejection of his country's needs. Discuss on of the following:

Discuss one of the following:

1. What does patriotism mean to me? Use examples from Regeneration to support your answer.

2. Class discussion. What is patriotism? What are the advantages of a country whose citizens feel highly patriotic? What are the disadvantages? What happens when patriots become zealots? Should patriotism be expected of its citizens by any country? Why or why not?

3. How do the characters in Regeneration demonstrate their patriotism? Use examples from Regeneration to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Sassoon, the protagonist was a British soldier in the First World War.

1. Research and write an expository essay about how the First World War begins and ends.

2. Research and write an expository essay about the causes of the tremendous numbers of deaths in the First World War.

3. Compare/Contrast the issues in the First World War compared with the issues in the Second World War.

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