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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 Iderim say has ruined Flashman's perspective?

2. What do the natives set fire to near the end of chapter nine?

3. Where are reinforcements to Cawnpore arriving from?

4. What newspaper does Billy Russell work for?

5. Who summons Flashman to his tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the situation desperate at the beginning of chapter eight?

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

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

4. How does Flashman escape the attack in chapter nine?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Rose plan to get Flashman inside Jhansi?

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

Look at the structure of the book.

1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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