Glory Questions Name: ___________________________________________________ 1. Describe Colonel Robert Gould Shaw’s character. _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does Robert react to the noise at the party the way he does? ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What famous black man does Robert meet at the party? ______________________________________ 4. What made the 54th Massachusetts Regiment unique? _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. In the beginning, what was the main job of the 54th? ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why does the angry man (His name is Tripp) call Thomas Snowflake? ________________________________________________________________________ 7. What would happen to the black soldiers if they were caught fighting for the North? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What would happen to the white officers if the South caught them? _______________________________ 9. Why did Tripp leave the camp without permission? ____________________________________________ 10. What is Tripp’s punishment for leaving camp? ________________________________________ 11. Why do the men rip up their paychecks? __________________________________________________ 12. Why do the men cheer Colonel Shaw? _________________________________________________ 13. Did the men of the 54th face discrimination and prejudice from within their own (Union) army? If so, give an example. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Why do Colonel Shaw’s men have to set fire to the town? ________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What is Tripp asked to carry in the Battle of Fort Wagoner? __________________________________ 16. Why does he refuse? ___________________________________________________________________ 17. What does Robert volunteer his men to do at the Battle of Fort Wagoner? __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Compare and contrast the characters of Tripp (Denzel Washington) and Thomas (“Snow Flake”) OVERī Glory Questions Name: ___________________________________________________ 19. What do the men do before going into battle? ________________________________________________ 20. In the space below, write an email to a friend about why they should or should not see the movie Glory and what the movie was about. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________