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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the rival of the teenage girl in "My Rival"?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A younger woman.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) An older woman.

2. Where is Mulholland forced to go back to after being saved in "Mulholland's Contract"?
(a) To London
(b) To China.
(c) To France.
(d) To the ship.

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

4. What are Kipling's verses written for?
(a) To make the reader experience freedom.
(b) To amuse the reader.
(c) To expose capitalism.
(d) To expose the danger of a Monarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of life does the man in "The Galley-Slave" describe?

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

3. What is the bullet in "The Ballad of Boh Da Thone" made of?

4. What does the character in "The Ballad of the King's Jest" love to do?

5. What did the man in "The Galley-Slave" gain that made him part of the ship?

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