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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. At what time of day did Dravot entertain his fellow passengers with the caravan?

3. Dravot engaged in what activity for part of the night before he was to be married?

4. Dravot declared that the marriage of a king is a matter of what?

5. What was the name of the first village taken by Carnehan and Dravot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the members of Dravot's Privy Council and his Council of War?

2. In what way does Dravot cement his status as a person of authority when he is brought to the stone of Imbra?

3. What does the first set of disguises worn by Carnehan and Dravot symbolize?

4. Discuss an instance when Kipling uses a simile to indicate a character's emotional status.

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

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

7. 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?

8. Dravot cites what type of evidence when declaring that the people of Kafiristan are actually "English" (40)?

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

10. What eventuality does Dravot see ahead of him when his kingdom becomes an empire?

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

What is the function of Billy Fish's character within Kipling’s story? Discuss the characterization methods Kipling uses in order to depict Billy Fish and the reasons he does so.

Essay Topic 3

In what sort of light does the story portray the link between oppression and brutality? Is the link shown to be necessary, useful, Inhumane, or some other adjective of your choice?

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