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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the risk that the sniper takes in order to check out his dead enemy's identity?
(a) He knows that the street may be mined.
(b) He crosses the street.
(c) The body is in the opposite direction from his route back to his commander.
(d) He has to pass by a group of civilians.

2. How does the sniper get off of the rooftop?
(a) By jumping to a lower building.
(b) Via a set of fire stairs.
(c) Through a skylight.
(d) By the ladder he has with him.

3. What river is near the sniper's position?
(a) The Liffey.
(b) The Shannon.
(c) The Corrib.
(d) The Thames.

4. What do the Free Staters want?
(a) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.
(b) A united Ireland under British rule.
(c) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(d) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.

5. In his distress, what does the sniper do with his revolver?
(a) Aims it at his own head.
(b) Shoots his enemy's body a second time.
(c) Shoots wildly with no clear target.
(d) Throws it down onto the rooftop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nearby area of the city is under heavy fire?

2. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?

3. Where is the enemy sniper located?

4. The sniper takes a "draught" (96) of his drink. What is a "draught" in this context?

5. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?

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