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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 was the Backwoodsman?
2. 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?
3. Carnehan and Dravot drew up a contract revolving around what item?
4. Carnehan remarked that the contract forbade he and Dravot from getting involved with how many of the "things that make life worth having" (19)?
5. What was Carnehan's first name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.
2. What is the Existential viewpoint set forth in the epigraph?
3. What is the man's plan once the narrator has agreed to deliver his message?
4. What is the narrator's reward for delivering the requested message?
5. In what way does the Loafer describe the man to whom he wants a message delivered?
6. With what weapons do Dravot and Carnehan arm themselves as they set out for Kafiristan?
7. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?
8. What is the tenet of the "Contrack" (17) between Dravot and Carnehan focusing on vices??
9. In what two ways does the narrator describe a typical person belonging to the class of "Loafer" (4)?
10. Between what two locations is the narrator traveling at the start of the story and at what location does another passenger enter his car?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Dravot’s character over the course of the story. Discuss whether Dravot is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Determine Kipling's message regarding the idea that Dravot’s longing for a wife within the story “The Man Who Would Be King” was the main contributor to Dravot’s downfall.
Essay Topic 3
Kipling often uses sensory details in order to enhance the comic or tragic effects of particular scenes in “The Man Who Would Be King.” Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details Kipling chooses serve several specific purposes.
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