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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. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?
2. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?
3. What bridge is near the sniper's position?
4. What does the sniper do when he realizes that his enemy is dead?
5. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?
Short Essay Questions
1. What risk does the sniper take at the beginning of the story, and what are the consequences?
2. What is the sniper drinking, and what evidence does the reader have that it is affecting his judgement?
3. In the sentence "Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof," (96), what is being personified and what purpose does the personification of the bullet serve?
4. What motivates the sniper to discover the identity of the dead man, and what is that identity?
5. What is the setting of "The Sniper"?
6. How does the sniper react to being shot?
7. What causes the sniper to suddenly lose his enthusiasm for the battle?
8. What happens as a result of the Republican sniper's ruse?
9. How does the enemy sniper manage to shoot the protagonist?
10. What motivates the sniper to get himself back under control?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The words "dead" and "deadened" occur repeatedly in the paragraphs about the sniper getting hit with a bullet. Explain the thematic purpose of this repetition.
Essay Topic 2
What causes the sniper's abrupt change of emotion once he has killed the other sniper? Why does this occur only after he has killed the enemy sniper, and not when he kills the first person, the machine gunner?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the use of the River Liffey as a symbol in "The Sniper." Describe how it appears in the story, background information on the river, and how these two elements combine to create meaning.
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