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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kipling compare to the fall of the character in "The Four Angels" to?
(a) The stages of life.
(b) The stages of blooming.
(c) The stages of acceptance.
(d) The stages of death.

2. What is the ritual described in "The Cuckoo Song"?
(a) Cuckoos leaving for better climates.
(b) An old woman feeding a cuckoo each spring.
(c) Cuckoos laying its eggs.
(d) A young man playing with a cuckoo.

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

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

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

6. What does Kipling think of the punishment of Cain in "Cain and Abel"?
(a) It might have been too harsh.
(b) It was too leniant.
(c) It might not have been fair.
(d) It was too late.

7. Who are the only ones attending the service in "Eddi's Service"?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Women.
(c) Young children.
(d) Ox and donkeys.

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

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

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

11. What is Christ willing to let his children do in "The Return of the Children"?
(a) Make their own decisions.
(b) Worship other gods.
(c) Worship him.
(d) Eat sugar and honey.

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

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

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

15. What does Kipling say can bring memories in "Lichtenberg"?
(a) A smell.
(b) A breeze.
(c) A person.
(d) A pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would the man in "A Smuggler's Song" answer any questions asked to him by the other character?

2. What is "The Runes of Weland's Sword" about?

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

4. Where does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" return to as it gets cold and dark?

5. Whose trial is described in "Gallio's Song"?

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