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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 Angel spot as the group leaves La Marquesa's wagon?

2. In what is Marshal Jourdan confident?

3. Why does Sharpe remain a guarded prisoner?

4. What does Helene claim to Sharpe about the letter she wrote?

5. Who becomes the commanding officer after Leroy's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the French do at the end of the battle of Vitoria and what does King Joseph do?

2. How do the French feel before the battle of Vitoria?

3. What does the Fifth Division do in the battle of Vitoria and what happens to Leroy?

4. What happens when Sharpe arrives at the Fifth Division?

5. What does La Marquesa tell Sharpe in Chapter Sixteen about his situation and what does she and Montbrun want Sharpe to do?

6. What does Helene tell Sharpe about the plot against Sharpe and how does he feel about it?

7. Why do Sharpe and La Marquesa stop at an inn and what does Sharpe do about it?

8. What does Hogan learn about the explosion, what does he think and what is the Spanish family doing with him?

9. What does Sharpe do when el Matarife shows up at the inn? How does that end?

10. Where does La Marquesa want Sharpe to take her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following and compare and contrast the two people. Include in the discussion their type of leadership, their personality, their morals, and whether you would like to serve under them.

1. Sharpe and Ducos.

2. Harper and Angel.

3. Hacha and Sharpe.

Essay Topic 2

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 this book qualifies as an historical fiction? Why or why not?

2. If much of the events in the book 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 3

Sharpe's Honour, like many, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why? not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Sharpe's Honour and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Sharpe's Honour is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. State what you think are three characteristics of a successful novel and whether or not Sharpe's Honour in your opinion is a successful novel.

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