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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 is distant and surreal in Henry's mind?

2. What would Henry like to find by looking into the eyes of a corpse?

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

4. What does one of Henry's tent mates ask him to do?

5. After the pipe smoking friend leaves Henry, how does he feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. After convincing himself that it was a law of nature for men and animals to run from danger, explain how his theory is proved to be untrue.

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

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

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

5. Define the quandary Henry finds himself in after he has run from the battlefield.

6. How does Henry assess the race to battle?

7. Explain what goes through Henry's mind as he contemplates going into battle.

8. What part does glory play in motivating men to join in a war?

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

10. Explain why Henry wanted to stop and observe the dead soldier.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the loneliness of being away from home. The essay should include the psychological effects of being in unfamiliar surroundings, and how some people handle such separation better than others. Include, also, the challenges of different customs and physical surroundings in a strange place.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the effects on the people soldiers leave behind when they go off to war. Begin with Henry's mother and the dark-haired girl. Then include more modern examples of this kind of separation.

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