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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 question did Dravot ask the Chief after getting him to surrender?

2. What job did Carnehan have when he dated the Bengali woman?

3. Dravot remarked that the people of Kafiristan would be English if they had what two things?

4. One of the two men who approached Dravot and Carnehan pulled out what type of weapon in an attempt to rob the two friends?

5. Carnehan and Dravot turned off before Jagdallak because they heard what items there were "good" (26)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do crowns symbolize in part of the story when they first appear?

2. What sorts of names do Dravot and Carnehan call many of their new subjects and why?

3. What does Dravot say to Carnehan that hurts Carnehan's feelings terribly?

4. What offer does Dravot make to the Chief who visits Dravot's kingdom?

5. How does Carnehan use the second-person point of view to depict the harsh nature of the journey of Carnehan and Dravot as they travel through the mountains?

6. How does Dravot expand his power after becoming king in only one village?

7. What argument does Carnehan make against Dravot's desire for a wife?

8. What happens when the suspicious priest in Kafiristan brushes the dirt off of the stone of Imbra?

9. What two items does Dravot name as the things the people of Kafiristan need in order to fulfill their fated English identities?

10. What comparisons does Carnehan make between mountains and goats and what effect does the comparison have on the reader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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