Red Badge of Courage Study Guide

1. What regiment does Henry fight with?

2. What battle is the book based upon?

3. Who is the spectral soldier?

4. Who is the loud private?

5. How is Henry wounded?

6. What do most of the men think about their leaders?

7. How does Henry come to be regarded by his fellow soldiers?

8. In what year was the book originally published?

9. Who does Henry abandon in the woods?

10. Why is Henry hesitating to return to his regiment?

11. Who brings the 1st news that the army will move?

12. How many prisoners do the men take after capturing the fence?

13. How old was Stephen Crane when he died?

14. Who takes the flag from the enemy soldiers?

15. What does the young Lieutenant do during battle?

16. What animal is henry compared too?

17. On which side does Henry fight?

18. Who kills Henry at the end of the book?

19. How did Henry’s mother feel about his enlistment?

20. Where did Crane serve as a soldier?

21. What animal does Henry compare himself too?

22. What does Henry call his regiment because he fears they will never show in battle?

23. What is a red badge of courage?

24. After Henry runs, what does he most fear?

25. What does Wilson ask Henry to deliver?