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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. At whom is a volley of musket fire directed?

2. What are the British officers discussing at the opening of chapter 8?

3. What had Sharpe been hoping to do after encountering Hakeswill?

4. What is the approximately number of the British forces?

5. How many rockets does Sharpe think the French have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the first task Gudin has Sharpe and Lawford do and how well do they do it? How does Lawford feel afterward?

3. Where does Sharpe go after the ceremony, what does he find out and how does he feel about it?

4. What does Mary do when Rao decides to rescue McCandless and what does Kunwar Singh do?

5. What do Lawford, McCandless and Sharpe discuss in their cell?

6. 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?

7. What happens to Hakeswill as the British siege begins, who does he kill and why?

8. What does Hakeswill do when it comes his turn to be killed?

9. What does Sharpe discover about the dungeon and about Hakeswill in the dungeon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss one of the following:

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

Essay Topic 3

In "Sharpe's Tiger" the British are fighting in India, a country which the British has conquered and made a part of the British Empire.

1. Discuss the moral issues surrounding one country conquering another. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Richard Sharpe is presented as the hero in "Sharpe's Tiger" and yet Tippoo Sultan is fighting for the right of his country to be independent of a conqueror. Discuss the behavior of Tippoo which shows him to be as much of a hero as Sharpe. Use examples from "Sharpe's Tiger" to support your answer.

3. With research compare British invasion and occupation of India with a similar incident that occurs in the 20th. century.

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