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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. Why does Sassoon do what he did in question 141?

2. How does Sarah reassure Prior?

3. What does Sassoon hear that wakes him?

4. What is Owen's poem about?

5. Of what does Owen say his poem is symbolic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah's mother tell her about romance?

2. What does the board decide to do about Prior in Chapter 18?

3. What does Sassoon do about one of Owen's poems?

4. Why does Sassoon meet Graves in Chapter 17 and what does he tell Graves?

5. What happens with Prior and Lumb when they see each other again after a week of not seeing each other?

6. Who gives Rivers a tour of the National Hospital and what does Rivers thinks of that man's treatment methods?

7. Where does Rivers stay the first night in London and how does he find his new job?

8. What does Sarah find out about Madge at work?

9. How does Sarah feel about Prior when he has not seen her for a week and what does he tell her?

10. What are Sassoon and Owen working on together and what are Owen's plans for his future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Regeneration based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that Regeneration falls within the genre of historical fiction and/or political protest changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Regeneration is the first book in a trilogy involving Sassoon, Rivers and others. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing several novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are two disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Do you prefer to read a stand-alone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a stand-alone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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