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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. At whom is a volley of musket fire directed?
2. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?
3. What does Mary teach the General's children?
4. Who wants to marry Mary?
5. What does Tippoo do for the brave soldiers on his side?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the British officers feel about the outer wall, who will be sent in when the wall is breached and why are they given the name they are given?
2. What are Sharpe and Lawford doing when Gudin comes to arrest them?
3. What do the rescuers find at the dungeon?
4. What is the first task Gudin has Sharpe and Lawford do and how well do they do it? How does Lawford feel afterward?
5. What does Tippoo decide to do with Lawford and Sharpe after questioning them?
6. What does Hakeswill do when it comes his turn to be killed?
7. Where does Sharpe go after the ceremony, what does he find out and how does he feel about it?
8. What does Lawford tell Sharpe about rockets and what do they see as they watch them being used?
9. What does Tippoo hope as the British prepare to attack and what happens to that hope?
10. Of what do the British and Tippoo's forces consist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mary is the only woman in "Sharpe's Tiger" that has any role. She is an intelligent, resourceful and brave woman but, in the end, still needs the protection of a man.
1. Present and analyze the treatment of women in "Sharpe's Tiger".
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.
Essay Topic 2
"Sharpe's Tiger" 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 reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "Sharpe's Tiger". Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Cornwell chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors, then trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Cornwell chooses the metaphors he does?
3. Discuss Cornwell's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Cornwell use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme.)
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