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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 is in the locket that Willy has around his neck?

2. What does Flashman insist about his reputation?

3. What does Lord Raglan conclude after reviewing Flashman's file?

4. What does Lord Raglan chide Flashman for?

5. Who does Lucan tell Flashman he is to accompany in case there's need of a galloper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the outcome of the Charge of the Light Brigade.

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

3. How does Flashman catch Elspeth with Lord Cardigan? Describe the events.

4. Explain why Lew Nolan goes off about Lord Raglan being a fool.

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

6. Describe Captain Count Nicholas Pavlovitch Ignatieff.

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

8. Explain how Flashman got dysentery.

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

10. In Flashman's opinion, why did it take so long for them to march toward Sevastopol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that Harry Flashman represents an archetype? Discuss why or why not, and use examples from the novel to back up your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Harry Flashman to Count Pencherjevsky. Do you think they are similar sort of men, or very different? Support your answer using the text.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think that the Cold War, which was very much underway in the 1970s when George MacDonald Fraser wrote Flashman at the Charge, had an influence on how Fraser portrayed Russia in the novel? Why or why not? Support your answer.

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