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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 woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" want to do?

2. What is "Fox-Hunting" about?

3. What does Kipling say does not change much in "A Truthful Song"?

4. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" do during the war?

5. What is "Four-feet" about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "The Nurses" speak of?

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

3. What does "The Survival" speak of the passing of?

4. What sounds does Kipling write about in "The Way Through the Woods"?

5. What does "Four-feet" show about the man and the dog?

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

7. How do men die in "The King's Pilgrimage"?

8. What does "The Prayer" speak of?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Kipling's focus on serious issues, such as death, murder and gun control and the reason he focuses on such tough subjects.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a poem in which Kipling uses personification and discuss its meaning in the poem.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the struggle between governmental power and religious power as seen in "Macdonough's Song."

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