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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Verses from Limits and Renewals and Miscellaneous Verse.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the only ones attending the service in "Eddi's Service"?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Young children.
(c) Ox and donkeys.
(d) Women.

4. What does the viceroy in "One Viceroy Resigns" share his wisdom with?
(a) A younger viceroy.
(b) An older viceroy.
(c) A king.
(d) A young soldier.

5. What do the widow and the mother in "The Gift of the Sea" ignore?
(a) The word of God.
(b) The warning of a priest.
(c) The instructions of the mother's husband.
(d) The cries of another child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Four-feet" about?

2. How are Christians referred to in "Hadramauti"?

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

4. What does Kipling make the case of sending young men back to after war?

5. What is Mulholland's cargo in "Mulholland's Contract"?

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