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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event inspired "Ave Imperatrix"?
(a) The death of Lord Markus Lin.
(b) The Boher war.
(c) The death of the Russian Imperess.
(d) The attempt on Queen's Victoria's life.

2. How do the inhabitants of the cities in "The Song of the Cities" refer the woman?
(a) Woman.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Grand.

3. What is a reminder of those who died in "The Undertaker's Horse"?
(a) His dog.
(b) His rake.
(c) His horse.
(d) His daughter.

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

5. Who tells the people to rejoice in "What the People Said"?
(a) Queen Ann.
(b) Queen Mary.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Queen Victoria.

6. Where does the main character of "The 'Mary Gloster'" want to be buried?
(a) Next to his house.
(b) In the Winville cemetery.
(c) In a simple wood box.
(d) At sea.

7. What is hidden under Kipling's verses?
(a) Anti-militarism.
(b) Religous lessons.
(c) Serious lessons to be learned.
(d) Anger.

8. What is "The Masque of Plenty" written as?
(a) A sonnet.
(b) A quatrain.
(c) An opinion piece.
(d) A musical.

9. How does Kipling describe the lady in "Delilah"?
(a) A lady of honor.
(b) An old lady of no consequence.
(c) A poor lady.
(d) A lady of some importance.

10. Who is killed in the war the woman in the "Song of the Lathe" helps support?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husband and son.
(d) Her brother and father.

11. Where did "General Joubert" die?
(a) England.
(b) South Africa.
(c) France.
(d) India.

12. Why are the hyenas not guilty of defiling the dead?
(a) They are animals.
(b) They have no souls.
(c) They are not Christians or Buddists.
(d) They are too wild.

13. 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) The years he worked on the ship.
(d) His years watching ships going out to sea.

14. What is "To Thomas Atkins" the prelude of?
(a) Bar songs.
(b) Sorrow barracks.
(c) Long march songs.
(d) Barrack-Room Ballads.

15. What does the man in "McAndrew's Hymn" realize about his good behavior?
(a) It is balancing his bad actions.
(b) It doesn't make up for the bad things he did.
(c) It is virtually non-existent.
(d) It is enough to go to heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tricks the lady in "Delilah" into telling a secret she should not have told?

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

3. What bird is mentioned in "Epitaphs of the War"?

4. What does Kipling say many Christians believe concerning those who worship Buddha in "Buddha at Kamakura"?

5. What does the viceroy in "One Viceroy Resigns" share his wisdom with?

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