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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. About what does Wellesley warn Sharpe after Simmerson leaves?

2. What does Josephina claim the two men have tried to do to her?

3. How does the author describe the priest's Spanish?

4. What does Simmerson say he will do after Wellesley places blame for the defeat?

5. Sharpe throws the lieutenant into what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lennox's thought before he dies?

2. How do the South Essex and Spanish troops unnecessarily start a fight in this section?

3. Why is Simmerson a threat to Sharpe's career?

4. How do Simmerson and the Spanish jeopardize the mission at the start of Chapter Six?

5. Why is Hogan worried about Sharpe in this section?

6. Why is capturing the French Eagle so important to Sharpe's career?

7. What does the reader learn about Harper in this section?

8. Why does Sharpe find it difficult to arrest the deserters?

9. How does Sharpe prove Simmerson wrong in Chapter Three?

10. How does Sharpe meet the young woman in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Sharpe's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Sharpe's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does Sharpe's Eagle add to Sharpe's character?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following aspects of army life and examine how and why it has changed since the time of the novel.

1. Punishment.

2. Barracks.

3. Battles.

4. Ranks.

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