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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 greets Flash in Strackenz?

2. What is the name of the irritating man Tom says he cannot get rid of?

3. How does Flash describe the baroness that is interested in him?

4. Who does Flash meet up with again at the beginning of the third chapter?

5. In what era is the book set?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Flash's journey to Munich.

2. What do the Brits and Otto disagree about in the second chapter?

3. What does Otto tell Flash before he leaves Tom's house?

4. What is Tom's opinion of Otto?

5. How does an affair start between Flash and Rosanna?

6. What disappoints Flash about the Victorian era?

7. How does Lola react to seeing Flash again?

8. How does Flash get away from the police the second time?

9. How does Otto prove his lack of sportsmanship in Chapter 2?

10. Why is Flash not happy on his return to London in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fraser view Rosanna as a historical figure? How much do the students think Fraser had to change Rosanna's character to fit with his story?

Essay Topic 2

What is the novel overall argument? How does think this argument relate to 1970s society? How does Fraser construct the story to communicate his argument clearly and effectively?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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