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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who appears to the man in "Our Lady of the Sackcloth"?
(a) His dead brother.
(b) His dead wife.
(c) His dead mother.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

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

5. What is "The Runes of Weland's Sword" about?
(a) What terrible things a sword can do.
(b) What terrible things a man can do.
(c) What terrible things a soldier can do.
(d) What terrible things a woman can do.

6. What is referred as a lady in "Brown Bess"?
(a) A boat.
(b) A road.
(c) A horse.
(d) A rifle.

7. Whose fall does "The Four Angels" speak about?
(a) Eve's.
(b) John's.
(c) Adam's.
(d) Mark's.

8. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" have no desire to return to?
(a) The battlefield.
(b) Their country.
(c) Their old life.
(d) Their wives.

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

10. What does Kipling make the case of sending young men back to after war?
(a) To training.
(b) Their studies.
(c) Their family.
(d) To mental institutions.

11. How many types of animals are there in "Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals"?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

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

13. What happens when St. Peter see Dinah react to the arrival of the person she was waiting for in "Dinah in Heaven"?
(a) They are both sent back to earth.
(b) Both are sent to hell.
(c) Dinah is sent to hell.
(d) Both are accepted in heaven.

14. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" do during the war?
(a) He deserted.
(b) He found God.
(c) He became a hero.
(d) He died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kipling say can bring memories in "Lichtenberg"?

2. Who are the only ones attending the service in "Eddi's Service"?

3. What does Kipling think children of all origins can do in "To James Whitcomb Riley"?

4. What does Kipling compare to the fall of the character in "The Four Angels" to?

5. What is Christ willing to let his children do in "The Return of the Children"?

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