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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 summons Flashman to his tent?

2. Which Chief does Campbell want brought in alive?

3. What password does Rowbothan use in chapter seven?

4. Who does Flash to East brag about having sex with?

5. What role does Havelock give Flashman in Cawnpore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flashman think about Lakshmibai in chapter eleven?

2. How does Flashman describe life in Cawnpore garrison?

3. In what way is Flashman lucky in chapter ten?

4. How does Flashman shock General Rose in chapter twelve?

5. How does General Neill clean the floors in the Bibigarh?

6. How does Flashman react to East when he comes to apologize?

7. Why is Kavanaugh not the ideal man for the mission in chapter ten?

8. How does Flashman react to East's death in chapter nine?

9. Why does Flashman not like what the liberal writer later said about Gen. Neill's actions in the Bibigraph?

10. How does Flashman react to Ilderim's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following historical figures in Fraser's book and discuss how Fraser represents them in the Great Game and why he represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against Flashman's representation of that person's life?

1. Florence Nightingale.

2. Prince Albert.

3. Lord Palmerston.

4. Rani Lakshmi Bai.

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

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?

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