View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mesopotamia through Verses on Games.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people in "Russia to the Pacifists" refuse to do?
(a) Fight the enemy that attacks them.
(b) Fight to abide by their alliances.
(c) Fight the enemies of their friends.
(d) Fight their neigbors.

2. Who realizes that God is the one who is in control in "What the People Said"?
(a) The soldier.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The priest.
(d) The plowman.

3. Why is Jack Barrett sent to that remote place in "The Story of Uriah"?
(a) So his commander can have his way with his wife.
(b) Because he was not well connected.
(c) As a reward.
(d) Because he lost men during a battle.

4. What is happening in"Three Sealers"?
(a) Three vessels fight on the sea.
(b) Three noblemen try to court the same woman.
(c) Three soldiers are fighting.
(d) Three children fight for a toy.

5. What does the man in "The Galley-Slave" look back to at the start of the poem?
(a) His years working as a farmer.
(b) His marriage.
(c) His years watching ships going out to sea.
(d) The years he worked on the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people who led the men to death in "Mesopotamia" try to do?

2. What is the lady in "Delilah" convinced to tell?

3. Who taught the main characters of "The Native Poem" to have respect?

4. Who does the main character of "One Viceroy Resigns" call on to help the man he shares his wisdom with?

5. What does "The Lesson" make a case for doing?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 312 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample