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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 does Sharpe receive from the person in question #14?

2. What does Farthingdale decide to do on Christmas day?

3. What nationality is General Nairn?

4. What is Sharpe told is the estimated number of men that Pot-au-Feu has with him?

5. Who does Sharpe recognize Lady Farthingdale to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe first do when he takes over his new command and to what conclusions does he come?

2. What happens when Frederickson shows up at the convent?

3. What happens to Sharpe and the three others in the convent shortly after they meet?

4. What is in the fortress near Andrados?

5. Before whom is Sharpe summoned in Chapter one, what is that man like and why is he summoned?

6. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners and what bothers him the most about the prisoners as far as who he wanted to capture?

7. What do Pot-au-Feu and Hakeswill suggest to Sharpe and the others and what are they doing while they talk?

8. Who is Spain at war with and how is the country divided?

9. How important is Andrados, where it is situated and what types of protections are in place around it?

10. Who does Sharpe meet who is head of the rifle company going to Andrados, what is that man like and how does Sharpe feel about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The evidence of murder, torture, and mass rape is throughout the convent. Sharpe watches a woman being tortured by being branded on her breasts with a red-hot iron. The Elsewhere women are systematically tortured in sexually stylistic ways.

1. Present and analyze the treatment of women in Sharpe's Enemy.

2. Cornwell is trying to be historically accurate, so is his treatment of women in his book(s) justified? Why or why not?

3. Is there any way Cornwell could have presented women in a more positive light and still stayed historically accurate? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

At the conclusion of a novel, most readers either consciously or unconsciously engage in processing the book and usually come to a conclusion as to whether they like the book or not. Discuss one of the following:

1. Would you consider Sharpe's Enemy a "good" book? Why or why not? Use examples to illustrate your stance.

2. What do you think are the elements of an outstanding novel? Analyze one of your favorite novels to see if those elements are present.

3. What are some reasons you might consider a novel a failure? Analyze a novel you think is a failure and see if those elements are in that novel.

Essay Topic 3

In any book centered around the military, leadership of the troops is often crucial with the better leaders able to command the respect and loyalty of their men. The men's willingness to follow a particularly leader can have a decisive impact upon the success of a mission. Discuss the following:

1. Whose command style seems most effective? Analyze the elements of those effective leaders thoroughly and discuss the traits of the good leaders. What makes an excellent leader/commander? Give examples.

2. Whose command style seems most ineffective? Analyze the elements of those ineffective leaders thoroughly and discuss the traits of the poor leaders. What makes a poor leader/commander? Give examples.

3. Is disobeying a poor leader ever justifiable? Explain using details from the text, other books you have read and your personal experience. In times of war, disobeying an order can be punishable by death. Is this harsh sentence justifiable for such an act? Why or why not.

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