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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. What makes it difficult for them to make out anything in front of them?

2. What makes Henry believe that at last his chance to prove himself has come?

3. What are all the men doing after the battle?

4. At what is Henry's anger directed during the battle?

5. How has Henry always viewed himself in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry decide nature has done with him?

2. What is Henry's problem that keeps him from returning to his regiment right away?

3. How does Henry mentally separate himself from other men?

4. How successful is Henry at comparing himself to other of the troops?

5. Explain how Henry begins to think about death.

6. How would you describe the outcome of this first battle?

7. Describe the situation behind the lines near the battlefield as Henry comes close to war for the first time.

8. How does Henry realize things are not going as they should?

9. Describe Henry as he waits for the advancing Rebel army.

10. What does Henry want to do when he happens upon a general astride a magnificent horse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on why there is no glamor in war. Include those combatants who do not return, those who return with physical injuries, and those who return with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) to illustrate your thesis. Also include the casualties of innocent civilians.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about advertisements for young men and women to join the military. Give your opinion on that as a recruitment process. Include how the attractiveness of the advertisement does not include the realities of being ordered into a war zone.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the responsibility of command. Use the officer who berated the lieutenant within earshot of the troops as an example of bad command. Your essay can discuss teachers who have influenced you positively or negatively by how they used their authority. Or, include any person of authority who has had a similar impact on you like a boss or relative.

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