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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 Prior want of Dr. Rivers?

2. Who is Henry Head?

3. What book has Prior been reading?

4. Why is Prior worried?

5. Where is the person Rivers is interviewing a patient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does is Prior able to do at the beginning of Chapter 6 and what does he ask Rivers to do?

2. What does Prior continue to ask Rivers for and what does he show Rivers? What is Rivers' response?

3. What happened to Prior that sent him to the hospital?

4. What game do Sassoon and Anderson play in Chapter 8 and what does Anderson almost do to Sassoon?

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

6. What do Sassoon and Graves talk about when they go swimming in Chapter 4 and what does Sassoon say he remembers about the subject?

7. What does the writer say in the letter and what consequences has he suffered as the result of the letter?

8. Who is reading a letter at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what is it titled?

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

10. What does Rivers think about Anderson's vision of Rivers in one of Anderson's dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Regeneration, it is hard to know who is the "good" guy versus the "bad" guy. Discuss one of the following:

1. Name two groups/factions/individuals who are untrustworthy and analyze their actions and impact upon the plot throughout Regeneration. How far into the book does it take to separate the untrustworthy from those who can be trusted?

2. Name two groups/factions/individuals who are trustworthy and analyze their actions and impact upon the plot throughout Regeneration.

3. Are there some characters who can be trustworthy at times and not trustworthy at other times? Who? Why do they vacillate?

Essay Topic 2

Regeneration is set in an actual historical war.

1. Do you think Regeneration qualifies as an historical fiction or political protest? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. If much of the events in the book are historical, what surprises you about the way the events play out?

3. Do you think the culture of that era (early 1900s) is more or less advanced than you imagined? Explain. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Regeneration help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Regeneration? Why or why not.

3. Choose one specific incident in Regeneration to discuss and compare Sassoon's response to how you think you would respond.

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