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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 type of people were described as using the "Grand Trunk Road" (11)?
(a) Ruffians.
(b) Kings.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Scholars.
2. Between what two parties had the contract been formed before the narrator perused it?
(a) Carnehan and the King of Siam.
(b) Dravot and the King of Siam.
(c) Carnehan and Roberts.
(d) Dravot and Carnehan.
3. The narrator suggested that Carnehan and Dravot take what action before they enacting their plan?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Draw up blueprints.
(d) Learn how to shoot.
4. What was NOT among the elements the narrator named among the promises made to him in relation to the "reversion of a Kingdom" (3)?
(a) Revenue.
(b) Economy.
(c) Law-courts.
(d) Policy.
5. In what section of the train was the narrator traveling?
(a) Second class.
(b) Intermediate.
(c) Baggage.
(d) First class.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the Backwoodsman?
2. The narrator told his new acquaintance on the train that he would be getting back on the train within how many days?
3. To what location was the narrator traveling?
4. What was NOT something mentioned by the narrator in his list of items that could be bought in the Kumharsen Serai?
5. What kind of water did the Intermediate travelers drink?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?
2. Between what two locations is the narrator traveling at the start of the story and at what location does another passenger enter his car?
3. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.
4. To whom does the title of the story refer and why?
5. What aspect of society are Dravot and Carnehan hoping to escape by traveling to distant lands?
6. What is the Existential viewpoint set forth in the epigraph?
7. In what way does the narrator show altruistic feelings toward the man in the Intermediate car?
8. The narrator states that "Native States were created by Providence" (8) for what three reasons?
9. In what way does the theme of ambition arise within the scene in the newspaper office when the narrator, Carnehan, and Dravot meet together?
10. Compare and contrast the narrator with the "huge" (3) man who joins him along the first leg of his journey.
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