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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man in "The Dying Chauffeur" compare his heart to?
(a) A gear box
(b) A tranmission box.
(c) A righ-handed cylinder.
(d) A left-handed cylinder.

2. What do the bees in "The Bee-Boy's Song" want?
(a) To sting people.
(b) To know everything.
(c) To pollinate flowers..
(d) To make honey.

3. What can a fistful of English dirt and the flowers of the land make a man feel like according to "The Charm"?
(a) A gardener.
(b) A king.
(c) A rich man.
(d) A farmer.

4. What does "Troopin'" record?
(a) The excitement of soldiers returning home.
(b) The excitement of the Australian frist election.
(c) The excitement of the end of the Boer war.
(d) The excitement ot the crowning of Queen Victoria.

5. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" do during the war?
(a) He died.
(b) He found God.
(c) He deserted.
(d) He became a hero.

6. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" have no desire to return to?
(a) Their old life.
(b) Their country.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) Their wives.

7. What does Kipling refer to in "The Junk and the Dhow"?
(a) Sailors and ships of the old age.
(b) His youth of voyages and study.
(c) The Queen herself.
(d) Australia.

8. What does Kipling say the men in "Pirates in England" were not able to take away?
(a) British archers.
(b) British resilience.
(c) British winds.
(d) British hopes.

9. What city is the centerpiece of "A British-Roman Song" and "A Pict Song?
(a) Paris.
(b) Moscow.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

10. What does Kipling say does not change much in "A Truthful Song"?
(a) Common jobs.
(b) Human beings.
(c) War
(d) Monarchy.

11. How are Christians referred to in "Hadramauti"?
(a) As spiteful, hateful people.
(b) As the only people that will go to heaven.
(c) As the best people.
(d) As a kind people

12. What is Christ willing to let his children do in "The Return of the Children"?
(a) Make their own decisions.
(b) Worship him.
(c) Worship other gods.
(d) Eat sugar and honey.

13. Who does the man in "The Prayer" speak about?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

14. What does Kipling think people are giving themselves by getting a dog, according to "The Power of the Dog"?
(a) More expenses.
(b) More grief.
(c) More work.
(d) More happiness.

15. How is the wedding in "The Sergeant's Weddin'" conducted ?
(a) As if both parties were pure.
(b) As a remarriage for divorced people.
(c) As an unimportant part of the day.
(d) In a hurry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kipling say man believes in "The Rabbi's Song"?

2. What does Kipling think children of all origins can do in "To James Whitcomb Riley"?

3. What does Kipling think of the punishment of Cain in "Cain and Abel"?

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

5. What does Kipling write about in "The Storm Cone"?

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