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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the coldest temperature the newspaper office ever reached, according to the narrator?
(a) 100 degrees.
(b) 91 degrees.
(c) 72 degrees.
(d) 84 degrees.

2. Carnehan and Dravot drew up a contract revolving around what item?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Opium.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Tobacco.

3. Carnehan said that he and Dravot were frightened of nothing but what?
(a) Women.
(b) Drink.
(c) Knives.
(d) Cannons.

4. Darvot and Carnehan said that they had set their sights on a kingdom within what country?
(a) Persia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Iraq.

5. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?
(a) In a ditch.
(b) In a hostel.
(c) In a carriage.
(d) In a hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?

2. What was NOT something mentioned by the narrator in his list of items that could be bought in the Kumharsen Serai?

3. In what section of the train was the narrator traveling?

4. The narrator told Dravot and Carnehan that no one really knew anything about their destination, but he did suggest that they read works by what author?

5. The narrator suggested that Carnehan and Dravot take what action before they enacting their plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Dravot and Carnehan's choice to escape a particular aspect of society by going elsewhere?

2. With what weapons do Dravot and Carnehan arm themselves as they set out for Kafiristan?

3. What is the Existential viewpoint set forth in the epigraph?

4. How does the theme of appearance versus reality enter the narrative within Carnehan's return?

5. In what setting does the opening scene of the narrator's story occur?

6. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?

7. In what two ways does the narrator describe a typical person belonging to the class of "Loafer" (4)?

8. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?

9. Between what two locations is the narrator traveling at the start of the story and at what location does another passenger enter his car?

10. What is the tenet of the "Contrack" (17) between Dravot and Carnehan focusing on vices??

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