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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. Before what season did Dravot say he wanted to acquire a particular object?
2. What symbol proved to the natives that Dravot and Carnehan were gods?
3. Billy Fish said that there were which two kinds of creatures in the mountains?
4. The first man Dravot shot dead was located how far away from him?
5. Dravot told Carnehan that he planned to give what object to a particular monarch?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two items does Dravot name as the things the people of Kafiristan need in order to fulfill their fated English identities?
2. What similarities do Dravot and Carnehan see between themselves and the native peoples of Kafiristan?
3. What does Dravot say to Carnehan that hurts Carnehan's feelings terribly?
4. In what way do Carnehan and Dravot begin their rise to power?
5. What sorts of disguises do Carnehan and Dravot don in order to make it safely to Kafiristan?
6. What eventuality does Dravot see ahead of him when his kingdom becomes an empire?
7. What is ironic about the people's hesitance to wed their daughters to Dravot?
8. What do crowns symbolize in part of the story when they first appear?
9. What comparisons does Carnehan make between mountains and goats and what effect does the comparison have on the reader?
10. What sorts of names do Dravot and Carnehan call many of their new subjects and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of ambition treated within Kipling's story and how does its treatment relate to the story's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of the story and one of the story's main messages. How does Kipling make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help him get across one main message of the story?
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