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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 message did Sharpe want to give the British?

2. What do Rao's men find at the dungeon?

3. Of what are the British officers certain?

4. Why are the Forlorn Hopes so named?

5. What would happen if all the rockets went off at once?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the British first do with their cannons to begin to breach Tippoo's wall?

2. Why was Sharpe honored and what did he receive?

3. What is Mary doing for work?

4. How do the British officers feel about the outer wall, who will be sent in when the wall is breached and why are they given the name they are given?

5. What are Sharpe and Lawford doing when Gudin comes to arrest them?

6. How does Sharpe get them out of the prison?

7. How does Tippoo execute criminals and what does he do afterward?

8. How does Tippoo entertain his troops and what does he plan to do with the British prisoners during the entertainment?

9. Of what do the British and Tippoo's forces consist?

10. How does Sharpe get information about the mine and what does he figure out about the mine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 higher 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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Sharpe's Tiger".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Sharpe's Tiger". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Sharpe's Tiger". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Sharpe's Tiger is? Explain your response.

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