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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 do Owens and Sassoon do?

2. What does Sassoon say he has decided?

3. What does Prior not want to happen?

4. Who compliments Owen on his poem?

5. Who does Prior see and realize he really likes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 go on leave and why is that place there for him to visit?

8. Why does Rivers go to Aldebugh?

9. What does Rivers do that makes the other board members stare at him?

10. What do Prior and Sarah do at the beginning of Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

1. What is courage? It is defined in the dictionary as: mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. How is courage demonstrated? Given what you have seen of Sassoon, why would one call him courageous? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss two situations, one during a situation like Sassoon is involved in Regeneration, and one during an ordinary event, in which a great deal of courage would be needed to endure the situations.

3. Discuss the two sides to the following: Courage can be learned. One is either born with courage or not.

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