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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" return to as it gets cold and dark?
(a) To her grave.
(b) To the convent.
(c) To her husband.
(d) To her mother's home.

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

5. What can a fistful of English dirt and the flowers of the land make a man feel like according to "The Charm"?
(a) A king.
(b) A rich man.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Queen Mary according to Kipling in "The Looking-Glass"?

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

3. How many types of animals are there in "Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals"?

4. What does Kipling refer to in "The Junk and the Dhow"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Fox Hunting" bring attention to?

2. What does "That Day" depict?

3. What does "The Rabbi's Song" talk about?

4. What viewpoint is the poem "Wilful-missings" written from?

5. What does Kipling record in "Cain and Abel"?

6. What story does the poem "Our Lady of the Sackcloth" tell?

7. What does "The Runes of Weland's Sword" tell of a sword?

8. What is "Gallio's Song" based on?

9. What does Kipling advise his reader of in "The Comforters"?

10. What does Kipling urge in "A Preface"?

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