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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. Who does the man in "The Prayer" speak about?

2. What is Christ willing to let his children do in "The Return of the Children"?

3. What god is the man being spoken about in "The Prayer" pray to?

4. What does the man in "The Return" say he did during his time in the army?

5. What are the people in "Poor Honest Men because they are different?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does "The Prayer" speak of?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to Dinah in "Dinah in Heaven"?

9. What does Kipling embellish in "The Prodigal Son"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the hyenas and the significance of the hyenas not having a soul.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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