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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. Dravot instructed what type of person from each village to guard the stone idols in the wood?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A magistrate.
(d) A doctor.

2. What type of object was a "hand-made Martini" (39)?
(a) A drink.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A bicycle.

3. Carnehan told the narrator that which person had been responsible for stopping "the last Afghan raid" (45)?
(a) Carnehan.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Dravot.
(d) Billy Fish.

4. What types of trees made up the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?
(a) Oak.
(b) Elm.
(c) Pine.
(d) Madrona.

5. What symbol proved to the natives that Dravot and Carnehan were gods?
(a) Second Degree Mark.
(b) Master’s Mark.
(c) Imbra’s Mark.
(d) Warden’s Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of literary device is Rudyard Kipling uses in the phrase "as loud as a braying donkey" (46)?

2. Before what season did Dravot say he wanted to acquire a particular object?

3. What type of animals were Dravot and Carnehan originally riding on their journey to become kings?

4. Who was the first person in Kafiristan to be raised up as a Mason by Carnehan and Dravot?

5. Dravot instructed his new subjects to take what action in relation to "the land" (31)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What similarities do Dravot and Carnehan see between themselves and the native peoples of Kafiristan?

2. What is ironic about the people's hesitance to wed their daughters to Dravot?

3. What happens when a Chief from a neighboring community approaches Dravot's new kingdom?

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

5. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice emerge within the formation of Dravot's kingdom?

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

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

8. What sorts of disguises do Carnehan and Dravot don in order to make it safely to Kafiristan?

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

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

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