Kim Quizzes

Kim Quiz One

1 What is the protagonist's full name in the story?
Kimball O'Hara

Colonel Creighton

The Red Lama

Mahbub Ali
2 In what city does the majority of the novel's action take place?
Calcutta

Bombay

Lahore

Delhi
3 What is the Great Game in the context of the novel?
A popular street game played by children

A secret society in British India

A geopolitical rivalry between empires

A traditional Indian dance
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 strategic military location

A mythical river sought by the lama

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?
The Red Lama's spiritual title

Kim's nickname

A code used in espionage

A secret society
7 What is the significance of the Red Bull on a Green Field?
A code used by spies in the Great Game

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
8 What is Mahbub Ali's profession?
Soldier

Street performer

Singer

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

His trust in his surroundings

His insomnia

His constant alertness
10 Who is the woman in the red-flowered kimono?
A seductive figure

Kim's aunt

Kim's mother

The lama's disciple
11 What is the "Great Trunk Road" in the novel?
A major trade route in British India

The national anthem

A secret passage used by spies

A popular street in Lahore
12 What is the primary setting of Kim's childhood?
A rural village in northern India

The streets of Lahore

An orphanage in Calcutta

A Catholic school
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?
Kim's childhood friend

A Bengali spy

A British Colonel

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

A mystical companion on his spiritual journey

A source of transportation for Kim

A code used in espionage
16 What is the lama's ultimate goal in his spiritual quest?
To find the River of the Arrow

To accumulate wealth

To become a powerful leader

To master the art of disguise
17 Who wrote Kim?
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Henry Darger

Simone Weil

Rudyard Kipling
18 In which century does the novel take place?
17th

20th

18th

19th
19 What is the primary language spoken in the novel?
Urdu

Hindi

Bengali

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

Singing

Archery

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

Kim's aunt

Kim's grandmother

A random woman in Lahore
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

Urdu

French

Sanskrit
24 What does the Wonder House refer to?
Kim's orphanage

The Lahore Museum

The opium den

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

the Nine Holy Sites of Buddhism

the Four 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?

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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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