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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. The narrator offered Dravot and Carnehan what type of help if they would postpone their journey?
(a) Work.
(b) Money.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Food.

2. Dravot said that it was not worth getting to know the names of what?
(a) The current kings.
(b) The neighboring tribes.
(c) The native plants.
(d) The native animals.

3. The passenger who joined the narrator was said to have "an educated taste for" (4) what?
(a) Tea.
(b) Women.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Wine.

4. What was NOT an act named by Carnehan as being prohibited by the Indian government?
(a) Mining for gold.
(b) Looking for oil.
(c) Lifting a spade.
(d) Chipping a rock.

5. In what section of the train was the narrator traveling?
(a) Intermediate.
(b) First class.
(c) Second class.
(d) Baggage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object of Dravot's was filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?

2. The narrator was on a train leaving from what location?

3. Carnehan tells the narrator that he and Dravot had seen what sign of life within the newspaper office?

4. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?

5. Who was said to be "calling down brimstone upon the British Dominions" (11)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way does the Loafer describe the man to whom he wants a message delivered?

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

6. At what object has the narrator been looking when Carnehan reminds him to maintain eye contact?

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

8. Give an example of Kipling's use of physical space to create humor.

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

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

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