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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 does Flashman say he is finding it difficult to gather in Jhansi?

2. Where does Flashman have to meet Ilderim after he has put on his disguise?

3. Why does the ghillie say he is ill in this section?

4. What does Ilderim lecture about to Flashman?

5. Who does Flashman say that he greets as an old comrade in arms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the first chapter say about Flashman's relationship with his first wife Elspeth?

2. Why does John Nicholson foresee problems in India?

3. How does Flashman deal with Mrs. Leslie?

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

5. How does Flashman get into the Indian army in chapter five?

6. Why does Flashman state that he is not keen on his mission to India?

7. What does Flashman note about religious people in chapter three?

8. What problems does the Lakshmibai say the white sahibs are causing?

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

10. What horrific sight does Flashman see on the way to the jail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine sex in the book.

1. How do the characters in the book view sex?

2. Do the characters need to be sex to cope in the world that the author portrays?

3. How did the public react to the book's sex when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How accurate and fair do the students think Fraser's representation of the Great Indian Mutiny is? How do you think an Indian writer would have represented the mutiny?

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