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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 is the bullet in "The Ballad of Boh Da Thone" made of?

2. What is happening in"Three Sealers"?

3. What does the writer give Thomas?

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

5. What is hidden under Kipling's verses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kipling write about in "The Houses"?

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

3. What does "Three Sealers" describe?

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

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

6. What does Queen Victoria tell the people of her land in "What the People Said"?

7. What does the poem "My Rival" detail?

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

9. What does the journalist do in the poem, "Delilah"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Choose a poem in which Kipling uses repetition and analyze its use.

Essay Topic 3

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

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