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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the British soldier in "Mandalay" want to return to?
(a) England.
(b) His unit.
(c) To a Burmese girl.
(d) War.

2. What does Kipling say can bring memories in "Lichtenberg"?
(a) A pen.
(b) A person.
(c) A smell.
(d) A breeze.

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

4. What does Jubal believe in doing in "Jubal and Tubal Cain"?
(a) Preaching about the evils of earth.
(b) Taking action to help right the wrongs.
(c) Following its leader blindly.
(d) Staying out of the affair of the world.

5. What does Kipling say the world has enough of in "The Power of the Dog"?
(a) Power.
(b) Pain.
(c) Men.
(d) Cuddles.

6. What can happen if one does not follow the rules according to "The Law of the Jungle"?
(a) He can be expelled from paradise.
(b) He can lose his sanity.
(c) He can be killed.
(d) He can be hurt.

7. What does the British soldier in "Mandalay" want to be sent back to?
(a) His wife.
(b) His farm.
(c) England.
(d) Away from combat.

8. How can would a group a people make another uncomfortable according to "The Stranger"?
(a) By not being Christian.
(b) By being too demanding.
(c) By being different.
(d) By being anti-monarchy.

9. Where is the man in "The Mother's Son"?
(a) A barrack.
(b) A boat.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A mental institution.

10. What is "Gertrude's Prayer" about?
(a) Things that must be ignored.
(b) Things lost that can never be gotten back.
(c) Thing that cannot be bought.
(d) Things that make people happy.

11. 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.

12. What is "Fox-Hunting" about?
(a) Fox hunting viewed from the fox's perspective.
(b) Fox hunting viewed from the forest's perspective.
(c) Fox hunting viewed from the hunter's perspective.
(d) Fox hunting viewed from the horse's perspective.

13. What do men in the service lose according to "The Service Man"?
(a) Their fear.
(b) Their love of God.
(c) Their personality.
(d) Their individuality.

14. What is referred as a lady in "Brown Bess"?
(a) A road.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A boat.
(d) A horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tubal believe in doing in "Jubal and Tubal Cain"?

2. What does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" want to do?

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

4. What does Kipling say should be the goal of people reading "Verses from Land and Sea Tales" ?

5. What river does "The River's Tale" talk about?

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