Kim Quizzes

Kim Quiz One

1 What is the protagonist's full name in the story?
Colonel Creighton

The Red Lama

Mahbub Ali

Kimball O'Hara
2 In what city does the majority of the novel's action take place?
Delhi

Calcutta

Bombay

Lahore
3 What is the Great Game in the context of the novel?
A secret society in British India

A geopolitical rivalry between empires

A traditional Indian dance

A popular street game played by children
4 Who is Kim's British guardian in the novel?
Hurree Chunder Mookerjee

Mahbub Ali

Colonel Creighton

The Red Lama
5 What is the River of the Arrow in "Kim"?
A mythical river sought by the lama

A strategic military location

A secret code used by spies

A famous market in Lahore
6 What does the term "Little Friend of All the World" refer to in the novel?
A code used in espionage

A secret society

The Red Lama's spiritual title

Kim's nickname
7 What is the significance of the Red Bull on a Green Field?
A popular game played by children in Lahore

The prophecy by Kim Sr. that reflects the image on his regiment's flag

A traditional Indian symbol of good luck

A code used by spies in the Great Game
8 What is Mahbub Ali's profession?
Soldier

Horse trader

Singer

Street performer
9 What does Kim's ability to sleep with one eye open symbolize?
His spiritual enlightenment

His insomnia

His constant alertness

His trust in his surroundings
10 Who is the woman in the red-flowered kimono?
A seductive figure

Kim's aunt

The lama's disciple

Kim's mother
11 What is the "Great Trunk Road" in the novel?
A secret passage used by spies

A major trade route in British India

The national anthem

A popular street in Lahore
12 What is the primary setting of Kim's childhood?
A Catholic school

The streets of Lahore

An orphanage in Calcutta

A rural village in northern India
13 What is the significance of the term "Sahib" in the novel?
A traditional Indian dance

A term of respect for a European man

A secret code used by spies

A North Indian food
14 Who is the Babu?
A Bengali spy

A street vendor in Lahore

Kim's childhood friend

A British Colonel
15 What role does Mahbub Ali's white horse play in the novel?
A symbol of status and wealth

A code used in espionage

A mystical companion on his spiritual journey

A source of transportation for Kim
16 What is the lama's ultimate goal in his spiritual quest?
To accumulate wealth

To master the art of disguise

To find the River of the Arrow

To become a powerful leader
17 Who wrote Kim?
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Henry Darger

Rudyard Kipling

Simone Weil
18 In which century does the novel take place?
18th

20th

19th

17th
19 What is the primary language spoken in the novel?
English

Urdu

Bengali

Hindi
20 What is Kim's talent or skill that he uses to his advantage?
Singing

Conversing

Archery

Rifalry
21 Who raises Kim as a child?
Kim's aunt

Kim's grandmother

A random woman in Lahore

Kim's uncle
22 What is the profession of the woman that raised Kim?
Prostitute

Painter

Banker

She works at an opium den
23 What language other than English does Kim speak?
Bengali

French

Sanskrit

Urdu
24 What does the Wonder House refer to?
The opium den

The Lahore Museum

Kim's school

Kim's orphanage
25 Where is the lama on a journey to visit?
the Four Holy Sites of Buddhism

the Eighty Holy Sites of Buddhism

the Nine Holy Sites of Buddhism

the One Hundred Holy Sites of Buddhism

Kim

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1. In what way does Kim’s boyhood reflect the Hero pattern?

It might loosely follow something like this:

The ordinary/mundane- Living a vagabond existence in India under British rule in the late 19th century, Kim earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets of Lahore.

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Theme of the novel

Kim is a coming of age story, a boy's search for himself. It's an adventure story about a young, white Irish boy growing up in India. His skin is pale, but he lives like the natives....... he doesn't know who he is culturally or as an...

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