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Quiz about Ever Kippled Rudyard Kipling
Quiz about Ever Kippled Rudyard Kipling

Ever 'Kippled'? Rudyard Kipling Quiz

The title refers to a joke about Kipling's name: 'Do you like Kipling?' 'I don't know, I've never Kippled' The quiz offers an overview of his life and work.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
tjoebigham
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
58,846
Updated
Nov 23 22
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
Plays
462
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Question 1 of 20
1. Where in India was Kipling born? Hint


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2. Where in England was he sent by his parents? Hint


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3. What boarding school did he attend when twelve? Hint


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4. What career did Kipling take up on his return to India? Hint


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5. What was his first published book of fiction? Hint


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6. What was the only work he collaborated on? Hint


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7. What animal character was NOT created by Kipling? Hint


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Question 8 of 20
8. Who is Mowgli's enemy? Hint


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9. Who does Anglo-Indian Kim hook up with? Hint


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10. In 'The Man Who Would Be King' what society helps Danny and Peachy escape death and take over a mystic kingdom? Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. What poem of his became a movie? Hint


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Question 12 of 20
12. What Kipling title is also the number of a famous superspy? Hint


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13. Which one of his poems did NOT give James Jones a book title? Hint


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14. Indian star Sabu only played Mowgli.


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15. Where in America did he live for a time? Hint


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Question 16 of 20
16. What work of his is the only one with an American setting?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 17 of 20
17. What literary form did Kipling NOT write in? Hint


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18. What war did Kipling lose a son in? Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. Kipling was the first Englishman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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Question 20 of 20
20. Where is Kipling buried? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where in India was Kipling born?

Answer: Bombay

 He was born there in 1865 to English parents. The legends told him by his native nurses or 'ayahs' would form the basis of many of his writings, especially his Mowgli stories.
2. Where in England was he sent by his parents?

Answer: Southsea

 His parents were worried both about epidemics and his 'going native'. He and his little sister lived with a family that abused {him,;} he fictionalized the experience in 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep'.
3. What boarding school did he attend when twelve?

Answer: Westward Ho!

 Also the title of Charles Kingsley's historical romance, Westward Ho! was part of United Services College. He later based 'Stalky and Co.' on his years there.
4. What career did Kipling take up on his return to India?

Answer: Journalism

 He began his long literary life at seventeen, penning poems and articles for an Anglo-Indian newspaper. (He did illustrate his own 'Just So Stories')
5. What was his first published book of fiction?

Answer: Plain Tales From The Hills

 'Plain Tales' was the first collection of his stories, published in 1888.
6. What was the only work he collaborated on?

Answer: The Naulahka

 Kipling co-wrote this epic poem of India with his brother-in-law, American journalst Wolcott Balestier.
7. What animal character was NOT created by Kipling?

Answer: Buck

 Buck is the canine hero of Jack London's 'The Call Of The Wild'.
8. Who is Mowgli's enemy?

Answer: Shere Khan

 Though Kaa was an enemy in the Disney cartoon version, in Kipling's original Kaa is one of Mowgli's friends and allies. Khan is the man-eating tiger that killed Mowgli's {parents;} later the wolf boy kills Khan in revenge. Nag and Naghila are cobras, the foes of mongoose Rikki.
9. Who does Anglo-Indian Kim hook up with?

Answer: a lama

 In 'Kim' the title character meets a Buddhist lama or priest and becomes his companion.
10. In 'The Man Who Would Be King' what society helps Danny and Peachy escape death and take over a mystic kingdom?

Answer: Freemasons

 A Freemason himself, Kipling used Masonic rites and symbols in his story, which ends tragically. Sean Connery and Micheal Caine played the duo, and Christopher Plummer Kipling, in John Huston's magnificent adaptation of the tale.
11. What poem of his became a movie?

Answer: Gunga Din

 'The Vampire' did inspire the title 'A Foll There Was', the hit Theda Bara movie. Sam Jaffe played the title role in the 1939 George Stevens epic, with Cary Grant, Victor McLaughlin and Douglas Fairbank.Jr. co-starring. It's a favorite of mine. ("Mandalay" is the title of a 1934 adventure film, as well as one by Danish director Lars Von Trier; neither is based on the poem.)
12. What Kipling title is also the number of a famous superspy?

Answer: .007

 Long before Ian Fleming gave it to James Bond, Kipling used it for the title character of a story, a locomotive!
13. Which one of his poems did NOT give James Jones a book title?

Answer: Fuzzy Wuzzy

 'From Here To Eternity' came from 'Rankers', 'The Thin Red Line' from 'Tommy' and 'Go to the Widow-Maker' from 'Harp Song'.
14. Indian star Sabu only played Mowgli.

Answer: False

The former stable boy made his movie debut play Toomai, a would-be mahout (elephant handler) in 'Elephant Boy', co-directed by Robert Flaherty and Zoltan Korda. Korda would later direct Sabu as Mowgli.
15. Where in America did he live for a time?

Answer: Vermont

 He and his family lived for four years in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he wrote many of his most famous works, including the 'Jungle Books'.
16. What work of his is the only one with an American setting?

Answer: Captains Courageous

 This tale of the Gloucester,Mass. fishermen was made into a MGM movie starring Spencer Tracy in an Oscar-winning role.
17. What literary form did Kipling NOT write in?

Answer: drama

 Poems, novels, stories but no plays.
18. What war did Kipling lose a son in?

Answer: World War One

 Kipling memorialized the loss of his son in WW1 in his fantasy 'The Gardener'.
19. Kipling was the first Englishman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Answer: True

He won it in 1907.
20. Where is Kipling buried?

Answer: Westminster Abbey

 He is buried in the Poets' Corner beside Charles Dickens.
Source: Author tjoebigham

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