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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. With what is the port of St. Jean de Luz filled?

2. What does Sharpe believe about his incredible luck in battle?

3. How does Ducos plan to get even with Sharpe?

4. How much money does Sharpe have in the bank in London?

5. How do Sharpe and Frederickson enter the Château Lassan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Soult do with Toulouse following the British assault?

2. How does the assault of Nairn's troops end?

3. What do Sharpe and Frederickson find at the guard post in Bordeaux?

4. What is Jane doing in London while Sharpe is still in France? What happens to her because of this?

5. Who leads the Nairn men into battle and what does he realize?

6. Where do Nairn's troops participate in the battle at Toulouse and why and where do they then move?

7. What does Sharpe and his friends do after the battle of Toulouse?

8. What does Peter d'Alembord do with Shape and his companions?

9. In the opening of Chapter 4, what is happening with the British troops following the abdication of Napoleon?

10. What do Sharpe and his companions do when they leave Bordeaux?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cornwell has tried as much as possible to use historical events and facts around which to weave his work of fiction. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think this book qualifies as an historical fiction? Why or why not?

2. If much of the events in the book are historical, what surprises you about the way the events play out?

3. Do you think the culture of that era is more or less advanced than you imagined? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Sharpe's Revenge 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 3

Jane has become seriously disenchanted with Sharpe the man while becoming seriously enchanted with his money. She falls in with a bad sort of people and lacks the intelligence to realize how brutally she is being used. Though the author Cornwell may or may not have such personal views on women, the way women are characterized in his series is often less than complimentary. Discuss one of the following:

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

2. Cornwell is trying to be historically accurate, so is his treatment of women in his book(s) justified?

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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