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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer give Thomas?

2. Who is killed in the war the woman in the "Song of the Lathe" helps support?

3. Who is the rival of the teenage girl in "My Rival"?

4. What does the man in "The Galley-Slave" look back to at the start of the poem?

5. Why does the main character of "The 'Mary Gloster'" want to be buried there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man on the ship describe in "The Galley-Slave"?

2. What happens when Jack Barrett is sent to Quetta in "The Story of Uriah"?

3. What does Kipling reflect on in "Ave Imperatrix"?

4. What does "The Lover's Litany" refer to?

5. What happens to Captain O'Neil in "The Ballad of Boh Da Thone"?

6. What is Mullholland's pact with God in "Mullholland's Contract"?

7. What does Kipling's "Prelude" focus on?

8. What warning does Lord Dufferin give the young viceroy in "One Viceroy Resigns"?

9. What do the creatures do in "The Hyenas"?

10. What does "The Native Poem" describe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a poem in which Kipling uses alliteration, define the term, and discuss Kipling's use of the technique.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Kipling uses embellishment in his poetry and analyze its use.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how Kipling used linguistic clues in his poetry and conclude how it added or detracted from his writing.

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