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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Boanerges Blitzen's profession in "The Man Who Could Write"?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Baker.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Politician.

2. What does the bird in "The Dove of Dacca" responsible for?
(a) The destruction of the city.
(b) The death of a king.
(c) A battle to be lost.
(d) A ship sinking.

3. What does Kipling say of the son of the main character in "The 'Mary Gloster"?
(a) He love to gamble.
(b) He is good for nothing.
(c) He is loving.
(d) He ignores his mother.

4. What does "The Lover's Litany" indicate?
(a) The universal nature of hate.
(b) The short life of bliss.
(c) The fickle nature of love.
(d) The long duration of anger.

5. Whose epitaph is included in "Epitaphs of the War"?
(a) King George III.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Maurice Brack.
(d) Hindu Sepoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bullet in "The Ballad of Boh Da Thone" made of?

2. What is Kipling reflect on in "Our Lady of the Snows"?

3. Who is the main character in "McAndrew's Hymn"?

4. Who is tending to household duties in "The Sons of Martha"?

5. What did the man in "The Galley-Slave" gain that made him part of the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kipling say about females in "The Female of the Species"?

2. What does Kipling's "Prelude" focus on?

3. What happens when Tomlinson dies in "Tomlinson"?

4. What does Kipling write about in the poem "Mesopotamia"?

5. What does "Three Sealers" describe?

6. How is the "Masque of Plenty" written?

7. What does "The Ballad of the King's Jest" tell the story of?

8. What does Queen Victoria tell the people of her land in "What the People Said"?

9. What did the general do in "General Joubert"?

10. What do the creatures do in "The Hyenas"?

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