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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. How many "big stone idols" (29) were located in the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?
3. Carnehan went into what type of country to acquire "hand-made Martinis" (39)?
4. Dravot and Carnehan used the name "Billy Fish" (35) to refer to the Chief of what place?
5. Dravot told Carnehan that he planned to give what object to a particular monarch?
Short Essay Questions
1. What eventuality does Dravot see ahead of him when his kingdom becomes an empire?
2. What similarities do Dravot and Carnehan see between themselves and the native peoples of Kafiristan?
3. What offer does Dravot make to the Chief who visits Dravot's kingdom?
4. In what way does Dravot cement his status as a person of authority when he is brought to the stone of Imbra?
5. In what way do Carnehan and Dravot begin their rise to power?
6. What is ironic about the people's hesitance to wed their daughters to Dravot?
7. How does Dravot expand his power after becoming king in only one village?
8. The pine wood that serves as a religious location for the people of Kafiristan contains what religious structures?
9. What types of animals do Carnehan and Dravot kill and eat when they run out of food in the mountains?
10. What does Dravot say to Carnehan that hurts Carnehan's feelings terribly?
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
Discuss how and why Kipling uses satire in three different scenes in his short story entitled "The Man Who Would Be King."
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrator’s seeming ambivalence about the news of Carnehan’s death at the end of the story.
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