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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 complicates the sniper's final shot?
2. When he finally gets a clear shot at his enemy, what is the protagonist feeling?
3. Once his enemy has died, the sniper begins to "gibber" (98). What is he doing?
4. What is the only description given of the old woman?
5. Who wrote "The Sniper"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two contrasting descriptions of the sniper given when he is first introduced?
2. What causes the sniper to suddenly lose his enthusiasm for the battle?
3. What is the sniper drinking, and what evidence does the reader have that it is affecting his judgement?
4. How does the enemy sniper manage to shoot the protagonist?
5. What risk does the sniper take at the beginning of the story, and what are the consequences?
6. Who does the sniper kill while he is still waiting to kill the enemy sniper, and why does he kill them?
7. Who are the Republicans at war with, and what does this opposition believe?
8. When the reader first encounters the sniper, what is he doing, and why?
9. How does the sniper react to being shot?
10. What striking contrast is there in the description that opens the story with the description that closes the first paragraph?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain why the ending of "The Sniper" creates dramatic irony.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the paradox in the story's description of the sniper's appearance.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the symbolic significance of the sniper's bullet injury and his treatment of it. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claim.
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