View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man in "Back to the Army Again" pretend not to have in order to get off the streets?
(a) His military ID paper.
(b) Diplomas.
(c) Money.
(d) Military experience.

2. Why should people not give advice to others according to Kipling in "The Comforters"?
(a) If they want the person to learn from their mistakes.
(b) If they are mad at them.
(c) If they think they are better than the other person.
(d) If they have not been in the same position.

3. What was Queen Mary according to Kipling in "The Looking-Glass"?
(a) Attractive and happy.
(b) Ugly and unhappy.
(c) Ugly, but happy.
(d) Attractive, but unlucky and lonely.

4. What does Kipling say does not change much in "A Truthful Song"?
(a) Common jobs.
(b) Human beings.
(c) War
(d) Monarchy.

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

6. Who does Dinah wait for in "Dinah in Heaven"?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her man.

7. What is "Four-feet" about?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A goat.
(d) A horse.

8. What does "The Hour of the Angel" speak of?
(a) The moment of death and judgment men must face.
(b) Marriage.
(c) The moment of birth.
(d) The moment of victory.

9. Who does Kipling ask for respect for in "The Cure"?
(a) A rich preacher.
(b) A poor preacher.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A sick woman.

10. What is "A Counting-Out Song" about?
(a) A tavern song.
(b) A musical.
(c) A child's song.
(d) A marching song.

11. Whose trial is described in "Gallio's Song"?
(a) Ronald's.
(b) Mark's.
(c) Paul's.
(d) Joseph's.

12. What does Kipling say the men in "Pirates in England" were not able to take away?
(a) British winds.
(b) British resilience.
(c) British hopes.
(d) British archers.

13. What happens to the seven cities in "The Song of Seven Cities" ?
(a) They were conquered.
(b) They were abandoned.
(c) They were destroyed.
(d) They were flooded.

14. What does Kipling think people are giving themselves by getting a dog, according to "The Power of the Dog"?
(a) More expenses.
(b) More grief.
(c) More work.
(d) More happiness.

15. How are Christians referred to in "Hadramauti"?
(a) As the only people that will go to heaven.
(b) As spiteful, hateful people.
(c) As the best people.
(d) As a kind people

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the British soldier in "Mandalay" want to be sent back to?

3. What can still be heard at night according to Kipling in "The Way Through the Woods"?

4. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" do during the war?

5. What is "London Stone" about?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 476 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample