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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kipling say might not be worth the time and energy in "The Kingdom"?
(a) Being rich.
(b) War.
(c) Politics and government.
(d) The goals some people set for themselves.

2. Who helps the king realize that he has the best job in the world in "The King's Job"?
(a) A group of noblemen.
(b) A group of small children.
(c) A group of women.
(d) A group of soldiers.

3. What does Kipling compare the determination of a woman to in "Sepulchral"?
(a) To that of a man.
(b) To that of God.
(c) To that of a soldier.
(d) To that of death.

4. Who does the man in "A Smuggler's Song" tell to look away?
(a) The old neighbor.
(b) The police.
(c) His wife.
(d) His partner.

5. What does Kipling write about in "The Storm Cone"?
(a) Tornado patterns and life.
(b) The calm before storms and changes in life.
(c) That being in a storm is life changing.
(d) That God likes you.

6. What does Kipling write about in "The Way Through the Woods"?
(a) An old farm.
(b) An old woman.
(c) An old horse.
(d) An old road.

7. Why does the man in "Half-Ballade of Watervale" understand them?
(a) His brother was a prisoner.
(b) He escaped from prison.
(c) He was once a political prisoner.
(d) He was captured during the war.

8. What does Kipling say man believes in "The Rabbi's Song"?
(a) That he is unworthy to have a close relationship with God.
(b) That God does not exist.
(c) That he is being controlled by God.
(d) That God ignores him.

9. What is "Gertrude's Prayer" about?
(a) Things that must be ignored.
(b) Thing that cannot be bought.
(c) Things lost that can never be gotten back.
(d) Things that make people happy.

10. What god is the man being spoken about in "The Prayer" pray to?
(a) The Jewish god.
(b) The Indian god.
(c) The Heathen god.
(d) The Muslim god.

11. What city is the centerpiece of "A British-Roman Song" and "A Pict Song?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Moscow.

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

13. What does Kipling refer to in "The Junk and the Dhow"?
(a) Sailors and ships of the old age.
(b) His youth of voyages and study.
(c) The Queen herself.
(d) Australia.

14. Where is the man in "The Mother's Son"?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A boat.
(c) A mental institution.
(d) A barrack.

15. What does "The Survival" speak about?
(a) The death of a king.
(b) The passing nature of things on earth.
(c) The sinking of a ship.
(d) A battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does" Pirates in England" talk about?

2. What does Kipling think of the punishment of Cain in "Cain and Abel"?

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

4. What can "little" people become according to "A Pict Song"?

5. What does the man in "The Dying Chauffeur" compare his heart to?

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