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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Boanerges Blitzen 's stature in his profession?
(a) He is well known.
(b) He is the main scholar of his profession.
(c) He is the leader of a faction.
(d) He is less than famous.

3. What is Mulholland's cargo in "Mulholland's Contract"?
(a) Steers.
(b) Goats.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Cows.

4. How do the inhabitants of the cities in "The Song of the Cities" refer the woman?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grand.
(c) Sister.
(d) Woman.

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

6. What is the man in "The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief" use to stealing?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cows.
(c) Steers.
(d) Goats.

7. Who is killed in the war the woman in the "Song of the Lathe" helps support?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her brother and father.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband and son.

8. What does the old Queen pray the young Queen will have?
(a) Many male heir
(b) The love of those who serve her.
(c) A good life.
(d) Courage to rule.

9. Where is Jack Barrett sent to in "The Story of Uriah"?
(a) Qeso.
(b) Quancun.
(c) Quetta.
(d) Qoranta.

10. Where did "General Joubert" die?
(a) England.
(b) India.
(c) France.
(d) South Africa.

11. What are the young men in "Mesopotamia" dying for?
(a) Country.
(b) A cause.
(c) Money.
(d) For justice.

12. What do the men on "The Veterans" ask them to pray for?
(a) The soul of their enemies.
(b) Victory.
(c) For them to have as much courage as the veterans did.
(d) The soul of their comrades.

13. What does Mulholland say he will do if God saves him in "Mulholland's Contract"?
(a) He will preach God's word.
(b) He will stop lying to make a profit.
(c) He will become a recluse monk.
(d) He will join the army.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in "The Betrothed" choose over his fiancee?

2. What is the profession of the man in "Gehazi"?

3. What is the man feeling when leaving the ship in "The Galley-Slave"?

4. What are Kipling's poems based on according to "Prelude"?

5. What does the viceroy in "One Viceroy Resigns" share his wisdom with?

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