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

2. What does "The Lesson" make a case for doing?
(a) Leaning from others.
(b) Learning from our helders.
(c) Learning from the priests.
(d) Learning from past mistakes.

3. Who does Kipling accuse of doing the most damage to a religion?
(a) The media.
(b) Other religions.
(c) God.
(d) Its followers.

4. What are Kipling's poems based on according to "Prelude"?
(a) His experience as a trade merchant.
(b) A fantastic realm.
(c) The British Court.
(d) Everyday life.

5. Who are the soldiers in "Hymn Before Action" praying for?
(a) For their comrades.
(b) For those who are not Christian.
(c) For their enemies.
(d) For their Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose lives does "The Masque of Plenty" describe?

2. Whose trial is described in "Gallio's Song"?

3. Why are men inquisitive about snakes according to "Poison of Asps"?

4. How is the wedding in "The Sergeant's Weddin'" conducted ?

5. What do the people who led the men to death in "Mesopotamia" try to do?

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