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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening in"Three Sealers"?
(a) Three vessels fight on the sea.
(b) Three noblemen try to court the same woman.
(c) Three children fight for a toy.
(d) Three soldiers are fighting.

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

3. What is the man feeling when leaving the ship in "The Galley-Slave"?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Happyness.
(c) Relief.
(d) Regret.

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

5. Why is the sergeant in "Pharaoh and the Sergeant" sent to Pharaoh?
(a) To help him take down a rebelion.
(b) To keep him in line with what England wants.
(c) To kill him.
(d) To present the respect of the King of Britain.

6. Whose lives does "The Masque of Plenty" describe?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Shepherds
(c) Teachers.
(d) Sailors.

7. What do the people who led the men to death in "Mesopotamia" try to do?
(a) Try to find a new cause.
(b) Belittle the cause.
(c) Make money with speaking engagements.
(d) Try to recruit other to sent to war.

8. What does Kipling say the people in "The Declaration of London" had a taste of?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Victory.
(c) Voting freedom.
(d) Defeat.

9. Where is the poem "Cruisers" located?
(a) On a steamboat.
(b) On a science vessel.
(c) On a cargo ship.
(d) On a warship.

10. Why is "Tomlinson" sent back to earth?
(a) To make up for his sins.
(b) To be a better Christian.
(c) To be a better sinner.
(d) To be a better man.

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

12. What does Kipling say of those who worship Buddha in "Buddha at Kamakura"?
(a) That they need to be cast away.
(b) That they are as close to God as humans can be.
(c) That they need to be convertd.
(d) That they will not go to heaven.

13. What are the habits of the gypsies in "The Gypsy Trail" compared to by Kipling?
(a) Animals.
(b) Women.
(c) Fish.
(d) Englishmen.

14. What does Kipling say females are quicker to do in "The Female of the Species"?
(a) Attack other females.
(b) Shop.
(c) Kill.
(d) Hide.

15. What queen is inaugurated in "The Young Queen" ?
(a) The new Queen of Austria.
(b) The new Queen of England.
(c) The new Queen of Russia.
(d) The new Queen of Australia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the hyenas not guilty of defiling the dead?

3. Who is the rival of the teenage girl in "My Rival"?

4. Who are the main characters in "The Native Poem" ?

5. Who asks questions of "Tomlinson" in heaven?

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