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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what rank is Zimmerman promoted?
2. Why does Colonel Carlson come to talk to McCoy at the beginning of Chapter XI?
3. What does the young pregnant woman need?
4. Where is McCoy stationed at the beginning of Chapter XI?
5. Where is Captain Banning sent to see doctors?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Griffin is masterful in his description of battles and life in general in for a soldier during the second world war. Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze Griffin's descriptive passages about life as a soldier. How does he use descriptions of the five senses to make the reader feel s/he is there? Do you find his descriptions compelling? Seemingly accurate? How would Corps 02: Call to Arms be different if Griffin did not include such descriptive passages?
2. Analyze Griffin's descriptive passages about the social structure of the times and discuss what you think it would be like to be a person of wealth and/or privilege such as Pickering, or Wesley. Contrast that to the lives of those who are in a lower social strata such as McCoy and Zimmerman or one in service to someone of wealth and/or privilege.
3. Describe and analyze Griffin's descriptive passages about the topographical setting and the physical descriptions of the people. Does Griffin do an adequate job of actually making the reader "see" the land or sea where the action is taking place? How about getting a visual image of the characters? How does the descriptions of the setting add to the novel? Do you like having an idea of how a character looks? How would the novel be different without such descriptions?
Essay Topic 2
Corps 02: Call to Arms is one book in a series of novels involving McCoy and the other characters. Discuss the following.
1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.
2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.
3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Lieutenant McCoy came from a poor family and never went to college, unlike Ernie and Pick who both come from very wealthy families and attended prestigious colleges.
1. What kind of obstacles do you think Ernie and McCoy will have to overcome in order to marry given the difference in their social class? Use examples from your own life, your knowledge and the book to illustrate your ideas.
2. How do you think the issue of class enters into Pickering and Ernie's parents wanting them to marry? Use examples from your own life, your knowledge and the book to illustrate your ideas.
3. With research, if necessary, what do you see are the differences and similarities between class issues now and in the 1940's?
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