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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. Where does Ignatieff take Flashman?

2. Why can't Flashman stay in Cawnpore?

3. Who captures Flashman in this section?

4. Who does Flashman say the British do not like to engage in war with?

5. Who does Flashman refer to as a little bastard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman describe life in Cawnpore garrison?

2. What is Flashman's new mission in chapter eleven?

3. Why does Flashman think the rebels want to surrender?

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

5. What happens when Flashman and the others flee into a temple?

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

7. How is Flashman badly bruised in chapter seven?

8. How does Flashman escape the crocodiles?

9. How does O'Toole react to Flashman's story about Jhansi?

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

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

What does Fraser say about sex? How does he use the main characters and settings to express his view? How would the British have reacted to such a book if it was released in Victorian times?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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