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The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
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Chapter I
Chapters II–IV
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Chapters VIII–X
Chapters XI–XII
Chapters XIII–XV
Chapters XVI–XVII
Chapters XVIII–XIX
Chapters XX–XXII
Chapters XXIII–XXIV
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Henry Fleming
Jim Conklin
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Chapters 8-10
Chapters 11-12
Chapters 16-17
Chapters 18-19
Chapters 20-22
Chapters 23-24
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Stephen Crane was the fourteenth child of parents who were devout members of which church?
Catholic
Methodist
Baptist
Seventh Day Adventist
2
of 5
Before he turned to writing, what did Stephen Crane intend to pursue as a career?
Medicine
Teaching
Baseball
Deep-sea fishing
3
of 5
Which novel did Crane research by living in poverty in New York's Bowery slum?
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
The Blue Hotel
War Is Kind
The Red Badge of Courage
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of 5
Though not initially well received in the United States, The Red Badge of Courage was a huge critical success in ___.
England
Kenya
Germany
Canada
5
of 5
The Red Badge of Courage is based on events that occurred during which war (which remains unnamed in the book)?
The Revolutionary War
The War of 1812
The Civil War
The Mexican-American War
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