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

2. What are the people in "Poor Honest Men because they are different?
(a) Poor.
(b) Persecuted.
(c) Christian.
(d) Misunderstood.

3. 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 was too late.
(d) It might not have been fair.

4. 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.

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

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

7. What is the man in "Shillin' a Day" no longer able to do?
(a) Fight.
(b) Eat.
(c) Walk.
(d) Speak.

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

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

10. How would the man in "A Smuggler's Song" answer any questions asked to him by the other character?
(a) By living.
(b) By telling the trust.
(c) With lies.
(d) With spite.

11. What does Kipling advise his reader not to do in "The Comforters"?
(a) Give advice about money.
(b) Give advice when they are drunk.
(c) Give advice when they have never been in that situation.
(d) Give advice about love.

12. What does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" want to do?
(a) Return to life.
(b) Have a nice funeral.
(c) Have a husband.
(d) Go to church.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the British soldier in "Mandalay" meet the woman he love?

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

3. What is the man in "Half-Ballade of Watervale" in charge of?

4. What can happen if one does not follow the rules according to "The Law of the Jungle"?

5. What do men in the service lose according to "The Service Man"?

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