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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 "The Hour of the Angel" speak of?

2. What does Kipling compare the determination of a woman to in "Sepulchral"?

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

4. What does "The Survival" speak about?

5. What can still be heard at night according to Kipling in "The Way Through the Woods"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kipling urge in "A Preface"?

3. What does a smuggler tell his wife in "A Smuggler's Song"?

4. What pain does "The Burden" express?

5. What does "The Prayer" speak of?

6. What does Kipling embellish in "The Prodigal Son"?

7. How do men die in "The King's Pilgrimage"?

8. What does the chauffeur talk about in "The Dying Chauffeur"?

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

10. What does "The Nurses" speak of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship man has with God based on Kipling's writing.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kipling's focus on serious issues, such as death, murder and gun control and the reason he focuses on such tough subjects.

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