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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. Whose epitaph is included in "Epitaphs of the War"?

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

3. Who does the old Queen ask the witnesses of the crowning to be?

4. What do the widow and the mother in "The Gift of the Sea" ignore?

5. What makes the character in "Gehazi" evidently dishonest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "The Ballad of the King's Jest" tell the story of?

2. What does "The Native Poem" describe?

3. What comparison is made between Buddhists and Christians in ""Buddha at Kamakura"?

4. What does Kipling write about in "The Undertaker's Horse"?

5. What does "The Declaration of London" refer to?

6. What does Kipling write about in the poem "Mesopotamia"?

7. What does the poem "The Young Queen" address?

8. What does Kipling refer to in "Gehazi"?

9. What does "Hymn Before Action" deal with?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare James Whitcomb Riley's writing with that of Rudyard Kipling.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kipling's focus on Queen Elizabeth or Queen Victoria and why Kipling chose to focus on her in his poetry.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Kipling's use of references to individuals in the Christian Bible and its significance

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