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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 is Lennox's nationality?

2. Why does Simmerson claim Sharpe is responsible for their loss against the French?

3. What does Simmerson challenge Sharpe to train his troops to do?

4. What does Simmerson say he will do after Wellesley places blame for the defeat?

5. What does Harper use to clean out Sharpe's wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sharpe resent men like Simmerson?

2. How does Simmerson cause problems in Chapter Fourteen?

3. How does Sharpe know Lieutenant Colonel William Lawson?

4. How does Sharpe meet the young woman in this section?

5. How does the relationship between Josephina and Sharpe develop in this section?

6. How does Sharpe react to the situation with Josephina in Chapter Eleven?

7. How does Sharpe prove Simmerson wrong in Chapter Three?

8. How is Sharpe's peace ruined in this section?

9. Why is capturing the French Eagle so important to Sharpe's career?

10. Why is Simmerson a threat to Sharpe's career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has the army helped Sharpe? What kind of person does the novel suggest he would have become if he remained a civilian?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Sharpe's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Sharpe's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does Sharpe's Eagle add to Sharpe's character?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author represent the Spanish troops? Is this representation historically accurate? How do the official Spanish troops compare to the Spanish guerrillas of that time?

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