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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flashman inherit from his grandfather, Paget?

2. As what does Flashman immediately label Randolp?

3. How does Spring react when he sees Looney urinating on the gruel?

4. What does Crixus refer to as blasphemous iniquity?

5. What does Spring say will make the women's children smarter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman pack with him to take to Louisiana?

2. What is Flashman's opinion of life aboard the Balliol College?

3. Why does Spring want his men to get the female slaves pregnant?

4. How does Flashman almost kill Bryant?

5. What is Sullivan's opinion of Spring?

6. What is Abraham's opinion of slaves?

7. Why is Flashman's decision to stand for Parliament seen as a good thing all round?

8. In what way does life aboard the ship worsen as she enters the Carribbean?

9. What is Flashman's opinion of George Washington?

10. What is the story Sullivan relates to Flashman about another captain of slaver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interactions with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Flashman's lifestyle show him as an anti-hero? How does Flashman's lifestyle go against English society during the 1850s? What does it say about British society in the 1850s that someone like Flashman could become famous?

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