Sharpe's Revenge: Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814 Test | Final Test - Hard

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Sharpe's Revenge: Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814 Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 type of work does Ducos do for France?

2. Where do Ducos and his last men make a stand?

3. What does Lucille do when Frederickson proposes marriage?

4. Who finally captures Ducos?

5. What weapon does Sharpe fire at the Neapolitan soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does d'Alembord urge Jane to do, what is her response and how does he feel about that response?

2. What does Sharpe do when Frederickson sends for him and what does Lucille reveal to her doctor and friends?

3. What does Calvet suggest to Sharpe and his group and why? What do they do after agreeing on a plan?

4. How does Frederickson feel about Lucille, what does Sharpe suggest and what happens when he follows Sharpe's suggestion?

5. Why does Lucille write to Roland?

6. To whom does Roland send Lucille's letter and what is his response?

7. How do Calvet and Sharpe plan to avoid the Cardinal's men?

8. Where does Ducos remain and what does he do while there?

9. What is the similarity between Jane's affair and Sharpe's affair?

10. What does Ducos do as a last ditch effort and why does he do it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharpe, despite his background, is an officer and a gentleman and is therefore accorded more respect and trust even in enemy territory than the common soldier. Discuss the following:

1. Does it seem likely that officers are usually more respectable than enlisted men back then? What about today? Why or why not.

2. Sharpe has begun an affair with another woman while still married to Jane. Do you think this is how an officer and gentleman comports himself? Why or why not.

3. In the present military in the United States, both officers and enlisted can be held for court martial for adultery or having sexual relations with someone of inferior rank. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with the policy?

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 Wars affect the social culture of one of the following countries: Britian, France, or Germany.

Essay Topic 3

The novel presents one pimp actively recruiting women as whores amidst rampant poverty and imminent mass starvation. Thrown into this mix are many disabled French veterans and various displaced persons. The end of the war has not brought an end to the humanitarian crisis.

1. Compare the situation with the ravages of war in Bordeaux to a modern day refugee camp. How are they similar? How are they different?

2. In view of the aftermath of war, discuss the various groups of people in a country who are affected by war and its aftermath besides the members of the military.

3. Given the fact that war usually has no redeeming value and that all the people in a country are affected by war, not just the members of the military, discuss what you believe are the reasons the average person still responds when the government calls for war.

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