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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 adjective did the narrator use to describe the "Contract" (18) presented to him by Dravot and Carnehan?
2. What objects of Carnehan's were filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?
3. The narrator advised Carnehan and Dravot that no person of what type had ever been into the country where the two men were headed?
4. The narrator offered Dravot and Carnehan what type of help if they would postpone their journey?
5. What was NOT an act named by Carnehan as being prohibited by the Indian government?
Short Essay Questions
1. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.
2. In what two ways does the narrator describe a typical person belonging to the class of "Loafer" (4)?
3. In what way does the theme of ambition arise within the scene in the newspaper office when the narrator, Carnehan, and Dravot meet together?
4. What is the narrator's reward for delivering the requested message?
5. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?
6. Give an example of a simile Kipling uses in order to indicate the physical state of Carnehan upon his return from Kafiristan.
7. With what weapons do Dravot and Carnehan arm themselves as they set out for Kafiristan?
8. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?
9. How does the theme of appearance versus reality enter the narrative within Carnehan's return?
10. What is the man's plan once the narrator has agreed to deliver his message?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Kipling uses satire in three different scenes in his short story entitled "The Man Who Would Be King."
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Kipling's story and analyze Kipling’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrator’s seeming ambivalence about the news of Carnehan’s death at the end of the story.
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