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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 did Sharpe use to pay for his voyage?

2. What does Tufnell show Sharpe how to do?

3. What instrument does Matilde play?

4. What does Chase say Sharpe is rather than just an ensign?

5. Why has Sharpe bought so many goods from Nana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like for Sharpe on the ship?

2. What are Braithwaite's reasons for blackmailing Sharpe?

3. How does the author describe Bursay?

4. Why does Chase say he doesn't like women aboard his ship?

5. How did Sharpe pay for his voyage back to England?

6. What excuse do the French offer for Bursay's actions?

7. What deal do Sharpe and Chase make with Nana and Pajito?

8. What does Sharpe think Cromwell and Pohlmann have been planning?

9. What is Sharpe's opinion of Lord William Hale?

10. How does Sharpe persuade Braithwaite to keep quiet about his affair with Lady Grace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ask the students to examine 19th century views on race and gender. How does the author counter these views with modern ideas about the same subjects? What effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of Cornwell's previous book and contrast it with the Sharpe's Trafalgar in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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