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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. Who does Girdwood hate?

2. Where is the opening set?

3. Who are Weller and Marriott?

4. Who is Sergeant Horatio Havercamp?

5. What does Lynch do to Marriott?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Sharpe sent on a work party and what does he take the time to do?

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

3. With whom does Sharpe meet concerning the South Essex problems and what does he tell Sharpe?

4. What does Sharpe wonder about as far as Simmerson's involvement with the second battalion? What is Sharpe's relation to Jane Gibbons?

5. What is Havercamp like as a person, and what does he promise the recruits and how does he pay for the drinks he serves the recruits?

6. What does Sharpe decide is the best course of action following his encounter in the city? How do he and Harper live?

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

8. What do the recruits do for the next few days after Sharpe and Harper enlist and where are they taken?

9. When Sharpe presented at the royal gala, how does Sharpe present himself and how does the Prince feel about Sharpe?

10. Why does Sharpe walk to a poor rookery? What is Sharpe's connection to it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Honor is an important concept in Sharpe's Regiment and in the life of those in the upper class during that era. It is assumed that those who are officer's and gentlemen would keep their word after offering it.

1. Trace and analyze the theme of honor in Sharpe's Regiment. What do you think Richard Sharpe would tell you is the definition of honor if you ask him? How about Harper? Simmerson? Fenner? Do you think honor can be restored if it is lost? Did Simmerson and Fenner seem to have any honor at all?

2. Respond to the following statement using specific examples from the book and your own experience: Honor is one of the most important character traits for anyone in any social strata. First fully define the concept of honor, then discuss whether you believe the preceding statement is true with specific examples from Sharpe's Regiment and other books/films, etc... that you have read or experienced.

3. During the era in which Richard Sharpe lives, men could give their word on the basis of being a gentleman, and it is assumed to be true. There was no such concept for a lady or anyone of lower social/economic groups. Fully discuss the implications in a society where only gentlemen are considered trustworthy enough to give their word unquestioned.

Essay Topic 2

Sharpe rather naively believes the situation with second battalion will be easily rectified simply by bringing it to the attention of the authorities. His initial plan is to simply lay the matter before the Prince of Wales and let that august person propose a solution.

1. Do you think it is conceivable that a man who has been in the military as long as Sharpe has could be so naive about political power? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

2. Discuss what might be the similarities and differences between Sharpe's efforts and the efforts one might make in America today when trying to bring a wrong to the attention of a legislator or governor. Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you see are the similarities and differences between the politicians in Sharpe's Regiment and America today. Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Richard Sharpe is no exception. Sharpe's legendary powers of military strategy is juxtaposed with his reputation as a womanizer. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Sharpe demonstrates his prodigious powers of military strategy. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Sharpe's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Sharpe's admirable traits helped him obtain a high rank in the military despite his background as a child. Have his flaws impacted his career at all? Do any of those under his command seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

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