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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Press through An Astrologer's Song.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is "Ode" dedicated to?
(a) Austria who died in war.
(b) England who died in war.
(c) Russia who died in war.
(d) Australians who died in war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in "Back to the Army Again" pretend not to have in order to get off the streets?

2. What does the man in "The Ladies" think he learned everything there is to know about?

3. What is the man in "The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief" use to stealing?

4. What are the main characters of "The Native Poem" taught to be respectful of?

5. Who does the old Queen ask the witnesses of the crowning to be?

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