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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 Dubreton's wife say to her husband?

2. What does General Nairn use to toast his bread?

3. At what location is the Prologue set?

4. For what purpose is a hole hacked into a basement wall?

5. What are the two leaders of the Andrados force doing when they talk to Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe feel as Farthingdale is getting ready and what do the defenders of the castle do?

2. How does Farthingdale act towards Sharpe when he returns without the woman?

3. What happens to the gold Sharpe brought with him and what kind of reassurance does Pot-au-Feu give? What do the men learn from that reassurance?

4. What does Sharpe and Harper do when they first arrive at Andrados?

5. What does Sharpe urge Farthingdale to do and what does he do? What do the defenders do?

6. What does Farthingdale do when he is injured and what does Sharpe see after he does it?

7. Who are the men Sharpe and Harper see first at Andrados and why are they there?

8. What does Nairn tell Sharpe when he is summoned in Chapter 3?

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

10. What happens to the British forces as they scramble over the castle walls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cornwell has tried as much as possible to use historical events and facts around which to weave his work of fiction. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Sharpe's Enemy qualifies as an historical fiction? Why or why not?

2. If much of the events in Sharpe's Enemy are historical, what surprises you about the way the events play out?

3. Do you think the culture of that era is more or less advanced than you imagined? 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

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Sharpe's Enemy. Consider the following: How does one character's actions portray the theme you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to that theme? Is the theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?

2. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Sharpe's Enemy. How does one character's actions portray the themes you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to those themes? Is each theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?

3. What benefit is there in discussing and analyzing the themes of a work of fiction? Do you think most authors consciously develop themes in their works? Why or why not? Can there be accidental themes? What do you think is one possible "accidental" theme in Sharpe's Enemy? Which theme in Sharpe's Enemy speaks to you the most in your life? Why?

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