Answer the following questions fully. Chapter 5 1. What are the seven hundred bonnets being compared to? 2. Does Henry have much faith in his officers? Explain. 3. How does Henry become a successful soldier? What does Crane compare him to? 4. When he feels rage,what does he feel it against? 5. Crane notes that neither the men nor the officer were in "heroic" or picturesque" poses. Why might that be important to a reader? 6. When Crane describes a dying man, does he use eloquent language or plain language? Why? 7. Why do the cannons continue to fire after the enemy has retreated?
8. Henry is surprised at Nature. What has
Nature been doing? What does that say about Nature? Chapter 6 1. Why does Crane choose the word "ecstasy" for Henry? 2. Why does the new battle dishearten the men so much? 3. Again, what is the monster? 4. What happens to the men that are standing near him? 5. Does Henry really have a mind of his own? 6. Why does he run? 7. What was the result of that battle? Why is that result the opposite of what he wanted?
Chapter 7 1. Crane writes that Henry's running was the work of "a master's legs." What does he mean by that? 2. Henry looks to nature for answers. Why does he say that Nature has an aversion to Tragedy? 3. How does the squirrel help Henry? 4. How does Crane describe the place where the dead soldier is? Why does he describe the soldier in such detail? Why the ants? 5. What does Crane mean by calling nature a "chapel" |
Vocabulary Chapters 5-7 prominence (n) p24 coax (v) 26 discomfited (v) 26 querulous (adj) 27 pommeling (v) 27 vanquish (v) 30 smitten (v) 32 livid (adj) 32 blithe (adj) 34 imbecile (n) 35 impudent (adj) 37 Chapters 8-10 clangor (n) 38 doggerel (n) 39 specter (n) 40 piteous (adj) 43 ague (n) 45 docile (adj) 46 harangue (n, v) 47 |