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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 Sarah's mother say men love?
2. Of what does Owen say his poem is symbolic?
3. Where does Henry Head offer a job to Dr. Rivers?
4. Why is Madge in the hospital?
5. What does Sassoon realize about Dr. Rivers?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who gives Rivers a tour of the National Hospital and what does Rivers thinks of that man's treatment methods?
2. What does Sarah's mother tell her about romance?
3. What does Sarah find out about Madge at work?
4. What happens with Prior and Lumb when they see each other again after a week of not seeing each other?
5. Why does Rivers go to Aldebugh?
6. How does Sarah feel about Prior when he has not seen her for a week and what does he tell her?
7. What happens to Burns in Chapter 13?
8. What do Prior and Sarah do at the beginning of Chapter 19?
9. What does the board decide to do about Prior in Chapter 18?
10. What do Owen and Sassoon do the last time they meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
After fighting in the war and winning a number of medals for valor, Sassoon has decided the war is pointless and the soldiers have no understanding of why they are fighting. He has decided to quit fighting.
1. Do you believe a government should be able to force a person to fight in a war? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. If a person volunteers for the military and then decides he/she does not want to be in the military do you think they should be able to quit just like any other job? Why or why not?
3. Do you think all citizens of a country should have to serve a mandatory two years in the military between the ages of 18 and 21? Explain in depth, your position. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Regeneration is? Explain your response.
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