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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 the name of the old Comrade Flashman meets in chapter seven?

2. Who captures Flashman in this section?

3. Who does Flashman say that he regrets not getting minutes alone with?

4. What does the cryptic note that Flash hands to Sher Khan refer to?

5. What do the young British officers chant in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Flashman badly bruised in chapter seven?

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

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

6. Why is Ilderim angry with Flashman at the beginning of chapter seven?

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

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

9. Why does Flashman think Jhansi is the best place for him to go?

10. Why does Rose reject the idea of using a platoon to capture Lakshmibai?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Flashman's character across the whole series.

1. How does the author develop Flashman's character across the whole series?

2. What new elements does the Great Game add to Flashman's character?

Essay Topic 2

Compare African and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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