"Mark Of The Beast" Quiz
Reading Comprehension check for Kipling's "Mark of the Beast"
- 1.What is the first line of the story?
- A.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
- B.
This is "The Mark of the Beast."
- C.
Your gods and my gods - do you or I know which are the stronger?
- D.
Only God will judge me.
- E.
"Look Out!" I screamed at him.
- 2.Who/what bites Fleete on the chest?
- A.
Gopher
- B.
Leper/Silver Man
- C.
Witchdoctor/Priest
- D.
Wild Dog
- E.
Cat
- 3.What changes begin to happen to Fleete?
- A.
He can't eat vegetables anymore.
- B.
He becomes more and more like a wild beast.
- C.
He begins turning into a zombie.
- D.
He continuously rambles about ghosts.
- E.
He becomes a kleptomaniac.
- 4.Who gets kidnapped?
- A.
Dumoise
- B.
The Priest/Witchdoctor
- C.
Stickland
- D.
The Silver Man/Leper
- E.
An English doctor
- 5.Stickland and the narrator _____________ the Silver Man to get him to help them cure Fleete?
- 6.What did Fleete crave after he was bitten?
- A.
Sleep
- B.
Women
- C.
Dirt
- D.
Water
- E.
Raw Meat
- 7.What type of conflict does Fleete create when he puts his cigar out on the statue of the Hindu god, Hanuman?
- A.
External: British soldiers vs. people of India
- B.
Internal: Fleete vs. self (cleanliness vs. laziness)
- C.
External: Fleete vs. Hanuman/Hanuman's followers
- D.
External: Fleete vs. the narrator
- E.
Internal: Narrator vs. self (hit Fleete vs. don't hit Fleete)
- 8.Who metaphorically becomes a "beast" by the end of the story?
- A.
The narrator & Stickland
- B.
Fleete
- C.
The Silver Man
- D.
Everyone
- E.
No one
- 9.Up to a point, the narrator tries to rationalize what is happening to Fleete. When did the narrator first accept that Fleete was acting "excessively out of order?"
- A.
When Fleete orders his dinner.
- B.
When the horses act nervous.
- C.
When Fleete says he wants to stay outside all night.
- D.
When the narrator hears the howl a wolf.
- E.
When Fleete tries to kill him.
- 10.The illness that overtook Fleete lasted exactly _____ hours, according to Stickland.(type the digits, not the words)
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