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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kipling say can bring memories in "Lichtenberg"?

2. What is the man in "Shillin' a Day" no longer able to do?

3. What can "little" people become according to "A Pict Song"?

4. Who does Dinah wait for in "Dinah in Heaven"?

5. How can would a group a people make another uncomfortable according to "The Stranger"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kipling note about power in "The Press"?

2. What does "The Prayer" speak of?

3. What story does the poem "Our Lady of the Sackcloth" tell?

4. What does "The Nurses" speak of?

5. What is a man indicate in "Half-Ballade of Watervale"?

6. What happens to Dinah in "Dinah in Heaven"?

7. What does Kipling address in "The Service Man"?

8. What does "That Day" depict?

9. What does "Four-feet" show about the man and the dog?

10. What does "The Runes of Weland's Sword" tell of a sword?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Kipling's use of rhyme in his poetry, and why Kipling may have chosen a specific scheme.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kipling's focus on Queen Elizabeth or Queen Victoria and why Kipling chose to focus on her in his poetry.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Kipling's use of references to individuals in the Christian Bible and its significance

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