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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. Where does Henry Head offer a job to Dr. Rivers?

2. What is Dr. Rivers doing in Chapter 20?

3. To what does Willard attribute what happens to him?

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

5. What does Sarah's mother say happens in a condom factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Owen and Sassoon do the last time they meet?

2. Why does Rivers visit Henry Head and what does Head offer him?

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

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

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

6. How is Willard doing by Chapter 20 and to what does he credit his state?

7. What does Sassoon do about the medical boards in August?

8. What happens to Burns in Chapter 13?

9. What does Rivers do with Bryce when he returns to Craiglockhart?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Dr. Rivers transfers to a hospital in London he works with Dr. Yealland who is experimenting with electro-shock treatments.

1. Do you think physicians should be allowed to experiment on patients? Why or why not?

2. Who do you think should be responsible for the ethical aspects of new treatments for patients? Explain your answer using examples from the book to support your explanation.

3. Throughout history, even in present times, mentally ill patients are judged differently than physically ill patients. Explain, in depth, why you do or do not agree with this statement.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Regeneration, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (Subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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