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Coming of Age in That Thing We Call a Heart — Quiz

Question 7 • English Language Arts 10

Read the excerpt from The Red Badge of Courage. In this excerpt, Henry Fleming is realizing that he will face battle for the first time. He wishes, without reserve, that he was home again making the endless rounds from the house to the barn, from the barn to the fields, from the fields to the barn, from the barn to the house. He remembered he had so often cursed the brindle cow and her mates, and had sometimes flung milking stools. But, from his present point of view, there was a halo of happiness about each of their heads, and he would have sacrificed all the brass buttons on the continent to have been enabled to return to them. He told himself that he was not formed for a soldier. And he mused seriously upon the radical differences between himself and those men who were dodging implike around the fires. Which statement best expresses Henry’s perspective in this excerpt?

Answer
A
War is more fulfilling than working on the farm.
B
He is a better soldier than those around him.
C
War might not be a glorious endeavor after all.
D
He feels prepared to be successful in battle.

Explanation

Henry longs to return to ordinary farm life and now remembers even the chores and cows fondly. He says he is not made to be a soldier, showing that he is frightened and disillusioned rather than prepared for battle. This best supports the idea that war might not be a glorious endeavor after all.

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