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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the man in "A Smuggler's Song" tell to look away?
(a) His wife.
(b) The old neighbor.
(c) His partner.
(d) The police.

4. What does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" want to do?
(a) Have a husband.
(b) Have a nice funeral.
(c) Return to life.
(d) Go to church.

5. How many types of animals are there in "Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals"?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

6. What does Kipling say should be the goal of people reading "Verses from Land and Sea Tales" ?
(a) Being fit in mind and body.
(b) Being a soldier.
(c) Being rich.
(d) Being powerful.

7. What god is the man being spoken about in "The Prayer" pray to?
(a) The Heathen god.
(b) The Muslim god.
(c) The Jewish god.
(d) The Indian god.

8. What was signed in "The Reeds at Runnymede"?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The English Constitution.
(c) The Rochester Decree.
(d) The Magna Carta.

9. What does Kipling compare to the fall of the character in "The Four Angels" to?
(a) The stages of blooming.
(b) The stages of death.
(c) The stages of acceptance.
(d) The stages of life.

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

11. How would the man in "A Smuggler's Song" answer any questions asked to him by the other character?
(a) By telling the trust.
(b) With lies.
(c) By living.
(d) With spite.

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

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

14. What happens to the seven cities in "The Song of Seven Cities" ?
(a) They were destroyed.
(b) They were flooded.
(c) They were conquered.
(d) They were abandoned.

15. What does" Pirates in England" talk about?
(a) The Saxon invasion of England.
(b) The Irish invasion of England.
(c) The Roman invasion of England.
(d) The Britany invasion of England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Troopin'" record?

2. What does Kipling say the world has enough of in "The Power of the Dog"?

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

4. What is "London Stone" about?

5. What was Queen Mary according to Kipling in "The Looking-Glass"?

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