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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 saves Sharpe's life in this section?

2. What is the name of the ship that Chase goes after?

3. What has killed Pearson?

4. What member of the navy does Lord William accuse of adultery?

5. What does Sharpe give Lady Grace to protect herself with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chase persuade Collier to go into hiding during battle?

2. What reason does Chase give for inviting Sharpe for dinner with Admiral Nelson?

3. How do Captain Chase and Captain Montmorrin at towards each other during the fighting?

4. Retell the story Chase tells Sharpe and Nelson and Tom Hardy.

5. How does Sharpe kill Valliard?

6. What does Lord William tell Grace he thinks of her and women in general?

7. What is Chase's life like back in England?

8. How does Sharpe kill Braithwaite?

9. What view does Nelson offer on battle tactics?

10. What does Lord William say tell Lady Grace about Braithwaite at the end of the section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Sharpe seems to have more advance view on race and gender? Is this an accurate representation of a soldier in the 19th century? What would make Sharpe's character more realistic?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote "Sharpe's Trafalgar" in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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