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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. Carnehan remarked that the contract forbade he and Dravot from getting involved with how many of the "things that make life worth having" (19)?

2. What was NOT an element described by the narrator as a benefit of "Native States" (8)?

3. What did the narrator do while Dravot and Carnehan pored over the materials he had provided?

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

5. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's reward for delivering the requested message?

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

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

5. What is the tenet of the "Contrack" (17) between Dravot and Carnehan focusing on vices??

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

7. The man asks the narrator to "come out of Central India in time to catch" (5) his friend in what location?

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

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

10. In what way does the narrator show altruistic feelings toward the man in the Intermediate car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine Kipling's message regarding the idea that Dravot’s longing for a wife within the story “The Man Who Would Be King” was the main contributor to Dravot’s downfall.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the theme of collectivism within Kipling's story "The Man Who Would Be King." What is Kipling’s message regarding the importance of teamwork and how do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kipling’s messages about guilt and responsibility within the story. Focus especially on events such as Carnehan’s journey back through the mountains as he hallucinates that the deceased Dravot is leading him by the hand to safety.

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