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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Backwoodsman?
(a) An Indian organization.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A secret brotherhood.
(d) An English person who lived in the Indian backwoods.

2. What type of politics did the narrator and his new acquaintance discuss on the train?
(a) Communism.
(b) Loaferdom.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Fascism.

3. What type of people were described as using the "Grand Trunk Road" (11)?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Kings.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Ruffians.

4. The narrator told Dravot and Carnehan that no one really knew anything about their destination, but he did suggest that they read works by what author?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Kipling.
(c) Bellew.
(d) Longfellow.

5. Carnehan tells the narrator that he and Dravot had seen what sign of life within the newspaper office?
(a) A fire.
(b) A flash.
(c) A shadow.
(d) A light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dravot told the narrator that he and Carnehan had been planning to become kings for what period of time?

2. How many months of the year did the narrator say newspaper offices are often empty?

3. How many points were agreed upon within the contract presented for the narrator's perusal?

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

5. What was NOT among the elements the narrator named among the promises made to him in relation to the "reversion of a Kingdom" (3)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of ambition arise within the scene in the newspaper office when the narrator, Carnehan, and Dravot meet together?

2. What is ironic about Dravot and Carnehan's choice to escape a particular aspect of society by going elsewhere?

3. Give an example of Kipling's use of physical space to create humor.

4. With what weapons do Dravot and Carnehan arm themselves as they set out for Kafiristan?

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

6. The narrator states that "Native States were created by Providence" (8) for what three reasons?

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

8. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?

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

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

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