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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kipling say the men in "Pirates in England" were not able to take away?
(a) British archers.
(b) British winds.
(c) British hopes.
(d) British resilience.

2. What are the people in "Poor Honest Men because they are different?
(a) Poor.
(b) Persecuted.
(c) Misunderstood.
(d) Christian.

3. Who does the man in "A Smuggler's Song" tell to look away?
(a) The old neighbor.
(b) The police.
(c) His wife.
(d) His partner.

4. What does Kipling say might not be worth the time and energy in "The Kingdom"?
(a) War.
(b) The goals some people set for themselves.
(c) Being rich.
(d) Politics and government.

5. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" have no desire to return to?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their old life.
(c) Their wives.
(d) The battlefield.

6. What is Christ willing to let his children do in "The Return of the Children"?
(a) Eat sugar and honey.
(b) Worship other gods.
(c) Make their own decisions.
(d) Worship him.

7. Whose trial is described in "Gallio's Song"?
(a) Paul's.
(b) Mark's.
(c) Ronald's.
(d) Joseph's.

8. What do men in the service lose according to "The Service Man"?
(a) Their individuality.
(b) Their fear.
(c) Their love of God.
(d) Their personality.

9. What does Kipling compare to the fall of the character in "The Four Angels" to?
(a) The stages of blooming.
(b) The stages of life.
(c) The stages of death.
(d) The stages of acceptance.

10. Where does the British soldier in "Mandalay" meet the woman he love?
(a) In England.
(b) In France.
(c) On the boat to Burma.
(d) By the Moulmein Pagoda.

11. What happens to the seven cities in "The Song of Seven Cities" ?
(a) They were abandoned.
(b) They were flooded.
(c) They were conquered.
(d) They were destroyed.

12. What happens when St. Peter see Dinah react to the arrival of the person she was waiting for in "Dinah in Heaven"?
(a) They are both sent back to earth.
(b) Both are sent to hell.
(c) Both are accepted in heaven.
(d) Dinah is sent to hell.

13. What does Kipling say should be the goal of people reading "Verses from Land and Sea Tales" ?
(a) Being powerful.
(b) Being fit in mind and body.
(c) Being a soldier.
(d) Being rich.

14. What does Kipling think children of all origins can do in "To James Whitcomb Riley"?
(a) Sing.
(b) Appreciate his writing.
(c) Appreciate the beauty of constitutional monarchy.
(d) Enjoy the stories of a particular author.

15. What was Queen Mary according to Kipling in "The Looking-Glass"?
(a) Ugly, but happy.
(b) Attractive, but unlucky and lonely.
(c) Ugly and unhappy.
(d) Attractive and happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kipling think of the punishment of Cain in "Cain and Abel"?

2. What does Tubal believe in doing in "Jubal and Tubal Cain"?

3. What does "The Survival" speak about?

4. What does Kipling say does not change much in "A Truthful Song"?

5. What is the woman in "Mary, Pity Women" love her man despite?

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