View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Palmer's job in the Confederate Army?

2. What is Burt Tapley's ailment?

3. Which regiment does Luther belong to?

4. Why does Walter have guard duty at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. What was Grant's family business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does Luther describe as "unreligious" and "obscene?"

2. What information about General Grant does Walter provide? What makes Walter a credible source?

3. What does Luther initially think about fellow troop members lying on the ground? What does he come to realize?

4. In the letter he is writing, how does Walter say his troop arrived at Shiloh and what problem did they face?

5. How does General Grant go from being called "Useless" Grant to becoming a general in the war?

6. What does Colonel Appler do when Sherman leaves his camp? Why?

7. What was Walter's typical day like, and why is it unusual?

8. Describe Luther's dream the night before battle.

9. What is Colonel Appler's main flaw? How does it affect his reputation?

10. How do Luther and fellow troop members treat the ones who are lying on the ground?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences between major and minor characters in literature. Discuss Palmer and Jefferson as major characters and select two other characters to analyze as minor characters. How do the minor characters fit the definition?

Essay Topic 2

Define exposition and discuss the exposition of "Shiloh: a Novel by Shelby Foote". What does the reader learn from the exposition? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

What is a genre? Discuss the genre category that best describes this novel. Explain your answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 750 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample