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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 does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?

2. Where does Sharpe go at the beginning of Chapter 1 to get out of the cold?

3. What do the two leaders of the Andrados force attempt to do with Sharpe and his companions?

4. What does Sharpe notice as he is in the convent?

5. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lady Farthingdale do when she sees Sharpe?

2. What happens to Sharpe and the three others in the convent shortly after they meet?

3. What do Pot-au-Feu and Hakeswill suggest to Sharpe and the others and what are they doing while they talk?

4. What is happening in Andrados at the beginning of the novel and who is doing it?

5. Who does Sharpe meet who is head of the rifle company going to Andrados, what is that man like and how does Sharpe feel about him?

6. What does Nairn tell Sharpe when he is summoned in Chapter 3?

7. What happens to the British forces as they scramble over the castle walls?

8. Why is Lady Farthingdale at Andrados, who is with her and what happens to them?

9. What does Farthingdale do when he is injured and what does Sharpe see after he does it?

10. What do Sharpe and Harper notice about the basement in the convent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharpe's Enemy is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. 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 2

Most of the entire series of novels concerning Richard Sharpe takes place during the Napoleonic Wars; therefore understanding the political and social situation during that time helps to a greater understanding and appreciation of this book and others in the series. Discuss one of the following:

1. Research and write an expository essay about how the Napoleonic Wars begin and end.

2. Research and write an expository essay about the battles that take place on land between Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars.

3. Compare/Contrast the importance of the British infantry during the Napoleonic Wars to the importance of the British infantry during either WWI or WWII.

4. Write an expository essay on how the Napoleonic War affects the social culture of one of the following countries: Britian, France, or Germany.

Essay Topic 3

The evidence of murder, torture, and mass rape is throughout the convent. Sharpe watches a woman being tortured by being branded on her breasts with a red-hot iron. The Elsewhere women are systematically tortured in sexually stylistic ways.

1. Present and analyze the treatment of women in Sharpe's Enemy.

2. Cornwell is trying to be historically accurate, so is his treatment of women in his book(s) justified? Why or why not?

3. Is there any way Cornwell could have presented women in a more positive light and still stayed historically accurate? Explain.

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