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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. Darvot told the narrator that he and Carnehan could both perform what action, though they were not very educated?
(a) Read.
(b) Write.
(c) Work sums.
(d) Recite the multiplication tables.

2. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?
(a) Gambling and revealing their identities.
(b) Liquor and gambling.
(c) Women and government spies.
(d) Liquor and women.

3. What adjective did the narrator use to describe Dravot and Carnehan's "adventure" (19) when warning them against it?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Foolhardy.

4. What kind of water did the Intermediate travelers drink?
(a) Contaminated.
(b) Potable.
(c) Roadside.
(d) Brackish.

5. What adjective did the narrator use to describe the "Contract" (18) presented to him by Dravot and Carnehan?
(a) Faded.
(b) Greasy.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Stained.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's acquaintance within the train car had how many "annas" (4) to spend?

2. What type of people were described as using the "Grand Trunk Road" (11)?

3. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?

4. What reason precipitated the narrator riding in a particular section on the train?

5. The narrator stated that the Intermediate section of the train had no what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Compare and contrast the narrator with the "huge" (3) man who joins him along the first leg of his journey.

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

5. To whom does the title of the story refer and why?

6. What is the man's plan once the narrator has agreed to deliver his message?

7. What aspect of society are Dravot and Carnehan hoping to escape by traveling to distant lands?

8. In what way does the theme of ambition arise within the scene in the newspaper office when the narrator, Carnehan, and Dravot meet together?

9. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.

10. Give an example of a simile Kipling uses in order to indicate the physical state of Carnehan upon his return from Kafiristan.

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