1. When Kerin returns home, how is he different than he was when he left? Are the changes good or bad?

2. The immediate reason for sending Kerin on his quest is to have him escape a forced marriage. Did his family have any other reasons for sending him on the quest?

3. What are the funniest scenes in The Honorable Barbarian?

4. Does Kerin do the right thing when he gives the Kuromonian navigation device to Klung instead of to the king? Why or why not?

5. In context of this story, do you agree that a man with a conscience should be treasured by his wife?

6. What are some of the different social customs Kerin encounters? What does he learn from them?

7. Each society seems to believe that its ways of doing things are the most civilized ways. What might de Camp be saying about how people...