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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 is roaming the halls of the dungeon?

2. What does the British army dig?

3. Why can't Gudin help Sharpe?

4. What is the greatest effect of the rockets?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe take care of the black-powder mine?

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

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

4. What does Tippoo hope as the British prepare to attack and what happens to that hope?

5. What does Tippoo decide to do with Lawford and Sharpe after questioning them?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What does Sharpe say to Lawford about the rockets?

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

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Sharpe's Tiger". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Cornwell chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors, then trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Cornwell chooses the metaphors he does?

3. Discuss Cornwell's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Cornwell use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme.)

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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