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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new post does Lord Raglan give to Flashman?
(a) He makes Flashman his personal assistant.
(b) He sends Flashman to the front line.
(c) He doesn't give him a new post; he just tells him to work harder.
(d) To supervise Prince William of Celle while he is studying in London.

2. When Lord Raglan tells Flashman to go after Willy, what does Flashman initially do?
(a) He gallops in the opposite direction.
(b) He goes straight after him.
(c) He pretends like he doesn't hear Raglan.
(d) He hesitates.

3. Why is Flashman's wife mortified?
(a) Because he wouldn't be wearing the proud pink and blue of the 11th Hussars.
(b) Because he is a coward.
(c) Because he wasn't able to get into the Board of Ordnance.
(d) Because he is having an affair.

4. What is the name of the high-priced, discreet establishment that Flashman takes Prince William to?
(a) Chelsea.
(b) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(c) Notting Hill.
(d) St. John's Wood.

5. How does Flashman describe the Russian soldiers?
(a) Ordinary, but good company.
(b) Small and fast.
(c) Big and brave.
(d) Dull and ordinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Flashman pull strings to join the Board of Ordnance?

2. When Flashman goes to charge down the slope, what does he tell Willy to do?

3. How was the British medical provision fairing at the Battle of Alma?

4. Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Army?

5. After Flashman and Elspeth settle their row, what does Flashy forget to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason is given for Lord Cardigan kicking Flashy out of the 11th Hussars 14 years earlier?

2. Describe what made Flashman's spirits lift once he gets to Count Pencherjevsky's estate.

3. How does Flashman react when Willy states that he wants a whore?

4. Why does Flashman weep so bitterly when he finds Willy dead?

5. Explain why Raglan's orders to Lucan are contradictory.

6. What was the only probable explanation that the Russians could come up with as for why the Light Brigade Charged?

7. Describe Captain Count Nicholas Pavlovitch Ignatieff.

8. Explain why Willy annoys Flashman in the events leading up to, and also during the first part of the Battle of Alma.

9. After the incident with Count Ignatieff, why does Flashman understand how Tsar Ivan got his nickname? What is Tsar Ivan's nickname?

10. Describe how the Battle of Alma is exaggerated in English art.

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