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

2. What did the narrator do while Dravot and Carnehan pored over the materials he had provided?

3. What was Dravot's first name?

4. The narrator noticed that Carnehan was feeling what emotion when presenting the contract for the narrator's perusal?

5. The passenger who joined the narrator was said to have "an educated taste for" (4) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what setting does the opening scene of the narrator's story occur?

2. At what object has the narrator been looking when Carnehan reminds him to maintain eye contact?

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

4. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?

5. In what two ways does the narrator describe a typical person belonging to the class of "Loafer" (4)?

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

7. In what way does the narrator show altruistic feelings toward the man in the Intermediate car?

8. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.

9. The man asks the narrator to "come out of Central India in time to catch" (5) his friend in what location?

10. In what way does the Loafer describe the man to whom he wants a message delivered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kipling often uses sensory details in order to enhance the comic or tragic effects of particular scenes in “The Man Who Would Be King.” Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details Kipling chooses serve several specific purposes.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the theme of collectivism within Kipling's story "The Man Who Would Be King." What is Kipling’s message regarding the importance of teamwork and how do you know?

Essay Topic 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Kipling's story "The Man Who Would Be King." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.

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