Kipling

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1. What did Kipling's parents name him? Rudyard Lockwood Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling Rudyard John Kipling John Rudyard Kipling

2. Kipling's home in Vermont was named Naulakha. What is the derivation of that name? A sum of money in rupees The Hindi name for a villa A hill station in India A distance along the Grand Truck Road

3. Mahbub Ali is a horse trader featured in the story 'Kim'. What Ballad by Kipling also features Mahbub Ali? 'Ballad of the King's Mercy' 'Ballad of East and West' 'Ballad of the King's Jest' 'Ballad of Jakko Hill'

4. In 'Captains Courageous', Harvey Cheyne's millionnaire father and his mother make a dash by rail, in their private railroad carriage, to be reunited with Harvey. From where to where did the journey take them? San Diago to Gloucester Chicago to Baltimore Chicago to Boston San Francisco to New York

5. On 6th March 1899 Rudyard's daughter Josephine died at the age of six from pneumonia. Where did she die? Hotel Grenoble, New York Brattleboro, Vermont Naulakah, Vermont 'The Buck' Hotel, Philadelphia

6. In the poem 'Bobs' who is Bobs Bahadur? Lord Roberts of Khandahar Lord Robertsof Kasur Lord Roberts of Kabul Lord Roberts of Kohistan

7. In the poem 'Arithmetic on the Frontier' what is said to be enough to pay for all the school expenses of any Kurrum Valley scamp? One rupee One jezail One sword knot One tulwar

8. In the story the 'Maltese Cat' , what did the Maltese Cat say his employment was before becoming a polo pony? An undertaker's horse A child's pony A milkman's horse Pulling a vegetable cart

9. In the story 'With the Night Mail'( a story of 2000 AD !) the reporter , Kipling, was to fly with Postal Packet 162. What was the route of this packet? From London to New York From London to Washington From London to Montreal From London to Quebec

10. In the story 'the Miracle of Puran Bhagat', Sir Purun Dass is awarded the K.C.I.E. . What is the correct title of that honour? Knight Captain of the Imperial Elite Knight Companion of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Imperial Empire

11. In one of his Ballads, Kipling lets the main character assert that 'Four things greater than all things are'. What are those four things he refers to? Women and power and horses and war Women and horses and riches and war Women and horses and power and war Women and power and riches and war

12. In 'the Maltese Cat' , on which polo ground was that match supposedly played? Lahore Umballa Peshawar Multan

13. Of which city did Kipling write....'is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.'? Cape Town Paris San Francisco Sydney

14. After seven years with the Pioneer newspaper of India, Kipling took leave and went on travels. These he wrote about under the title 'Letters of Marque'. In which two-volumed book were 'Letters of Marque' published? 'From West to East.' 'From Shore to Shore' 'From Sea to Sea' 'From East to West'

15. In his report titled 'City of Dreadful Night', to which city did Kipling apply that title? Calcuttta Lahore Peshawar Bombay

16. In which two-volumed book does the story 'City of Dreadful Night' appear? 'From Shore to Shore' 'From West to East ' 'From East to West ' 'From Sea to Sea'

17. Where does Kipling write that his first encounter with the United States Cavalry took place? The Grand Canyon Fort Laramie Fort Worth Yellowstone National Park

18. In the poem 'A Smuggler's Song' from Puck of Pook's Hill, what should be done by those who wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet because "the Gentlemen" go by? ask them questions watch the wall warn King George's men go looking in the street

19. The expression 'White Man's Burden' is taken from Kipling's first line of a poem, the line being 'Take up the White Man's burden'. To whom did he address that line and poem? The newly formed Dominion of Australia England White South Africans The United States of America

20. A recent biography of Kipling, by Marghanita Laski, bears the title 'From Palm to Pine'. Which of Kipling's works provides that title? The Book(s) 'From Sea to Sea' The Book 'Plain Tales from the Hills' 'The Jungle Books' The poem 'Recessional'