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

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

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

4. What does "The Married Man" point out the difference between?
(a) A married and a single man.
(b) A man and a dog.
(c) A married man and a soldier.
(d) A man and a woman.

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

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

7. What does the man in "The Return" say he did during his time in the army?
(a) He hid.
(b) He grew and matured.
(c) He went abroad.
(d) He fled.

8. What does the man in "The Dying Chauffeur" compare his heart to?
(a) A left-handed cylinder.
(b) A righ-handed cylinder.
(c) A gear box
(d) A tranmission box.

9. What does Kipling say cannot happen to a country with a unified ruler and people in "Together"?
(a) It cannot be governed efficiently.
(b) It cannot work at all.
(c) It cannot be taken over by outside force.
(d) It cannot pass reforms.

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

11. Who does Kipling accuse of doing the most damage to a religion?
(a) The media.
(b) Its followers.
(c) God.
(d) Other religions.

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

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

14. Why are men inquisitive about snakes according to "Poison of Asps"?
(a) Because they are afraid of them.
(b) Because they want to understand God's creation.
(c) Because of the incident in the garden of Eden.
(d) Because they want to kill them.

15. What can "little" people become according to "A Pict Song"?
(a) A problem.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A saving grace.
(d) A disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kipling say might not be worth the time and energy in "The Kingdom"?

2. What does Kipling note about the press in "The Press"?

3. What is the woman in "Mary, Pity Women" love her man despite?

4. What happens to the seven cities in "The Song of Seven Cities" ?

5. What can a fistful of English dirt and the flowers of the land make a man feel like according to "The Charm"?

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