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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. Who does Lakshmibai say causes unemployment?

2. Where did Bloody Lance kill the four Gilzias?

3. What does Flashman say has advanced 16 years in India?

4. Which historical figure does Flash say he wants to sleep with in this section?

5. Where does Flashman shoot the mutineer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman say he believes about religion?

2. What does Lakshmibai say the Indians think of British culture?

3. How does Flashman escape death in chapter 4?

4. How does Flashman escape the Russians in chapter two?

5. Who is Ilderim Khan?

6. Why does Flashman think Ignatieff has come to Balmoral?

7. How does Flashman describe Lakshmibai?

8. How does Flashman deal with Mrs. Leslie?

9. How does the Queen greet Flashman when he arrives at the pavilion?

10. How does Flashman greet Ignatieff?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Flash's current lifestyle? In what way does Flash's lifestyle not fit in with Victorian society? What kind of lifestyle would someone like Flash would be expected to have in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Flashman in the Great Game is part of the spy fiction genre.

1. What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2. In what way did the Flashman series help to set the template for similar books? Do modern books still use the ideas the author uses in The Great Game?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the seventies? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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