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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. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?

2. What does Sharpe decide to do?

3. Why do Girdwood and Simmerson make such an effort to find escaped recruits?

4. What does a day's worth of recruiting yield?

5. Where does Harper go after the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sharpe asks the Prince about the second battalion?

2. Under what names do Sharpe and Harper enlist and who enlists with them?

3. How does Harper feel about Marriott's punishment for escaping and what does he do, what happens to him and what does Sharpe assume?

4. What standard was at the royal gala and what did it have to do with Sharpe? What did the Prince have Sharpe do?

5. What does Sergeant Carew at the second battalion depot tell Sharpe?

6. Describe John Lynch, the training sergeant and his particular dislike.

7. What does Sharpe give Maggie and why?

8. What does Anne tell Fenner and why?

9. What does Sharpe think of the battle that ended immediately proceeding the start of this novel and how did the battle come out for the English?

10. What happens when Marriott attempts to escape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharpe's Regiment 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

Though this novel is probably more action driven rather than character driven, obviously there are several characters who make the novel what it is. Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Sharpe and Girdwood. Include their goals, sense of honor, abilities and social skills.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Harper and Simmerson.

3. Thoroughly analyze the character of Richard Sharpe, discussing both his strong and weak points and how both affect the outcome of the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Sharpe's Regiment. 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 Regiment. 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 Regiment? Which theme in Sharpe's Regiment speaks to you the most in your life? Why?

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