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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 the witnesses against Sharpe say they used to identify him?

2. What is the name of Sharpe's horse?

3. Why is Helene moving her fortune to France?

4. For what did Ducos use Helene in the past?

5. What has come to light which incriminates Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is La Marquesa and what is her nationality?

2. Why does Sharpe feel guilty in Chapter One?

3. What does Hogan call Sharpe's situation and how does he describe it?

4. Why is Angel helping Sharpe and what kind of weapon does he carry?

5. What is Sharpe observing in Chapter Ten and what does he think about his horse?

6. What is el Matarife doing with a prisoner when Sharpe meets him at the inn and what does Sharpe do about it?

7. Why is La Marquesa angry in Chapter Eight and what happens in her encounter with Hacha?

8. What event happens concerning the Marque after his discussion with Father Hacha?

9. What is the Marques and Father Hacha discussing in Chapter Five? What does the Marques say about his wife?

10. What is Sharpe doing against the French in Chapter One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharpe's Honor is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Sharpe's demons have caught up with him: his single irresponsible act will potentially cause disgrace, dishonor, and death. Sharpe and those closest to him are convinced of his innocence, but the Spanish must be compensated for the death of their general. Though Sharpe is innocent, not to mention a hero to the British and his battalion, he becomes the scapegoat needed to assuage hurt Spanish pride.

1. What do you think are the demons which have caught up to Sharpe? Are his demons a part of his character and personality? Why or why not? Which of his "demons" do you think Sharpe would be better off to get rid of and which might be good to have?

2. Do you think innocent people are convicted of crimes? Why or why not? Discuss at least one situation in present time when an innocent person may have been used as a scapegoat.

3. Explain the difference in gathering evidence between that of Sharpe's time and in modern America. Explain why the outcome of Sharpe's trial would probably been different in the present time.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Sharpe's Honour.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Sharpe's Honour. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Sharpe's Honour. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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