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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. Most of the newspaper was what, according to the narrator?
2. The narrator suggested that Carnehan and Dravot take what action before they enacting their plan?
3. The narrator states that Carnehan no more knew where his next meal was coming from, than what type of animal did?
4. What kind of night was it on the evening when the narrator met Carnehan and Dravot for the second time?
5. At what time of the morning did the narrator take his leave of Dravot and Carnehan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about Dravot and Carnehan's choice to escape a particular aspect of society by going elsewhere?
2. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?
3. In what way does the narrator show altruistic feelings toward the man in the Intermediate car?
4. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?
5. How does the theme of appearance versus reality enter the narrative within Carnehan's return?
6. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.
7. Between what two locations is the narrator traveling at the start of the story and at what location does another passenger enter his car?
8. To whom does the title of the story refer and why?
9. Compare and contrast the narrator with the "huge" (3) man who joins him along the first leg of his journey.
10. Give an example of a simile Kipling uses in order to indicate the physical state of Carnehan upon his return from Kafiristan.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Kipling's story "The Man Who Would Be King." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.
Essay Topic 2
What messages does Kipling's story send about British nationalism and what themes does he employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Kipling often uses sensory details in order to enhance the comic or tragic effects of particular scenes in “The Man Who Would Be King.” Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details Kipling chooses serve several specific purposes.
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