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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 do liberal writers say should have known better than to treat prisoners of war so harshly?

2. Why is Flashman lucky that he washes up in Maharaj Singh's realm?

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

4. What did Canning fear public opinion could have turned Lakshmibai into?

5. How do the generals want to kill the remaining rebel chiefs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Flashman escape the crocodiles?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashman in the Great Game is part of the spy fiction genre.

1. What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2. In what way did the Flashman series help to set the template for similar books? Do modern books still use the ideas the author uses in The Great Game?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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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