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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 kind of proof does Sharpe find against Girdwood?

2. How does Sharpe feel about what Anne tells him?

3. How does Anne gain Fenner's attention?

4. What does Jane tell Sharpe is in London?

5. How does Fenner use Anne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne do about Sharpe being arrested?

2. What does Havercamp tell Sharpe when questioned about his involvement in the recruiting scheme and what does he promise?

3. What does Jane tell Sharpe about her involvement with the recruiting scheme?

4. What does Sharpe do about Sergeant Lynch?

5. What does Sharpe do with the men of the second battalion?

6. What does Sharpe decide to do after speaking with Anne?

7. What does Anne tell Sharpe about her and Fenner's relationship?

8. What does Sharpe requests happen to Girdwood and what does Fenner get out of the deal?

9. How does Sharpe reorganize the command structure at Foulness?

10. What does Sharpe do when Girdwood runs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Crimping, while common, is illegal and obviously quite lucrative. Fenner and Simmerson have profited greatly from their scheme, as has Girdwood, but to a lesser degree. The three men are influential, powerful, and unlikely to give up this lucrative source of income easily.

1. Discuss the possible motives and benefits to being involved in a lucrative but illegal activity. Include in your discussion whether the benefits are worth the possible consequences and if the damage to one's character is worth the benefits. Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

2. The three men involved in the recruiting scheme are influential and powerful. Do you believe it is easier for that type of person to get away with criminal activity than the average person? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

3. After research, compare Fenner to a modern day American politician who has been cited for a scandal while in office. Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Usually the women in this series are background to the men and tend to fit a stereotype of women in this era of history. This book has a different type of woman, Dowager Countess Anne Camoynes, who is strong enough to survive her husband, leaving her in debt and intelligent enough to finally outwit Fenner.

1. Present and analyze the treatment of women in Dowager Countess Anne Camoynes.

2. Cornwell is trying to be historically accurate, so is his treatment of women in his book(s) justified?

3. Is there any way Cornwell could have presented women in a more positive light and still stayed historically accurate? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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