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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. How does Sharpe act upon being told the charges?

2. What does Sharpe believe about his incredible luck in battle?

3. What does the man from question #35 do with Napoleon's treasure?

4. What does Napoleon do right before the Battle of Toulouse?

5. What company does Harper join in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the British organizing to do in the beginning of this book and what has occurred in their military campaign that motivates this?

2. What does Peter d'Alembord do with Shape and his companions?

3. What do the British at Toulouse learn after the battle about Napoleon?

4. What orders do Sharpe, Frederickson, and Harper receive?

5. What does Henri do with his sister, Lucille?

6. What do Sharpe and Frederickson find at the guard post in Bordeaux?

7. How does Sharpe respond to Jane's demands in the Prologue?

8. What does Lassan's mother want him to do and how does he feel about it?

9. What is Sharpe's and Frederickson's plan for leaving Bordeaux?

10. Who leads the Nairn men into battle and what does he realize?

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 Fredrickson.

3. Calvet and Ducos.

Essay Topic 2

The novel presents one pimp actively recruiting women as whores amidst rampant poverty and imminent mass starvation. Thrown into this mix are many disabled French veterans and various displaced persons. The end of the war has not brought an end to the humanitarian crisis.

1. Compare the situation with the ravages of war in Bordeaux to a modern day refugee camp. How are they similar? How are they different?

2. In view of the aftermath of war, discuss the various groups of people in a country who are affected by war and its aftermath besides the members of the military.

3. Given the fact that war usually has no redeeming value and that all the people in a country are affected by war, not just the members of the military, discuss what you believe are the reasons the average person still responds when the government calls for war.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Sharpe's Revenge. Consider the following: How do 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 Revenge. How do 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 Revenge? Which theme in Sharpe's Revenge speaks to you the most in your life? Why?

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