“The Man Without a Country” wkst.

Use blue or black ink. Put your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Use part of the question as your answer.

1. Did you feel sympathy for Phillip Nolan as you read the story?
Why or why not?

2.If you were the judge, what punishment would you have given
Phillip Nolan?

3. Who is the narrator of this story? What is the narrator's
purpose in telling the story?

4.Why is Nolan brought to trial?

5. What rash words does Nolan utter when the judge asks him if he
wishes to say anything? What effect do these words have on the
judge?

6. What is Nolan's sentence? Explain the plan to carry out the
sentence.

7. How does Nolan create a country for himself in his stateroom?

8. What is Nolan's last wish?

9. How is it that Aaron Burr is able to win over the young Nolan
so easily?

10. Why does the poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel have such an
affect on Nolan? Why does Nolan cry when he receives the sword of
the commodore?

11. After interpreting for the slaves to be sent home, why does
Nolan advise the narrator to love and serve his country?

12. How has Nolan changed during the course of the story?

13.What epitaph would you right for Nolan?

14. Do you think Nolan's punishment fit his crime? Explain your
answer.