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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. Who does Sharpe see sneaking through the darkness in this section?

2. Who does Sharpe think will want to revenge him?

3. Why does Sharpe say Josephina is safe in this section?

4. What is the problem the Spanish have caused the British in Chapter Seventeen?

5. What does Simmerson think that people don't recognize about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight in Chapter Twenty-one.

2. How does Hill react to seeing the men in formation?

3. Why does Sharpe disagree so strongly with Simmerson flogging his men?

4. Summarize the novel.

5. Why does Sharpe worry about Josephina's safety in this section?

6. Why is Hogan worried about Sharpe in this section?

7. With what problem does Chapter Twenty-five open?

8. What does Josephina ask from Sharpe in this section?

9. Why is Sharpe worried about Gibbons in this section?

10. Why does Sharpe decide to do something daring in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were the British fighting with the Spanish against the French during the Napoleonic Wars? How accurate a historical document is the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the hierachy of the British army during the time of the novel.

1. Why is it so difficult for working class soldiers to rise through the ranks?

2. What resentment does the novel suggest that this hierachy causes?

3. How different do the men react to a working class officer like Sharpe than to an upperclass officer like Simmerson?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following aspects of army life and examine how and why it has changed since the time of the novel.

1. Punishment.

2. Barracks.

3. Battles.

4. Ranks.

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