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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. As the Union soldiers get back into position, what is happening?

2. What does Henry realize about the tattered man?

3. Why has Henry delayed so many times from enlisting in the army?

4. Why is Henry jealous of the men leaving the battlefield?

5. Who does Henry meet up with as he walks with the wounded?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the source of the rumor of going to battle the next day that goes through the camp.

3. Describe the pipe smoking friend's attitude about marching and war.

4. Describe how Henry's doubts and questions linger as he waits in the camp.

5. How is Henry's next encounter with the dead different from his stumbling upon the single dead soldier.

6. How does the tattered man put another face on the victims of war?

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

8. What is the reality of the situation during this first battle?

9. What makes Henry think the time has come for him to find out about himself?

10. What motivates Henry to run back the way he had come?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the importance of the red badge of courage to the theme of Stephen Crane's novel. Evaluate the title as to it effectiveness in arousing a reader to select the book. Also discuss how this badge differs from what is usually thought of as a badge of honor.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the difficulty of keeping guilty secrets. Using Henry's second encounter with the tattered man, write about how hard it is to keep secrets when there are countless unanswered questions. Include why people often try to hide the truth and why it usually comes to the surface eventually anyway.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about comfort in numbers. Beginning with Henry's seeing a large number of men and wagons leaving the battlefield and how he was comforted by the thought that he was not the only one to desert the battle, write your essay about how people seek comfort in numbers. Explain that, as in Henry's case, the numbers may not be what one thinks they are.

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