Subject Sampler

So, it is time to check your knowledge. I am leaving some useful links for you below.

• Bio
•  At a Glance
• The Mark Of The Beast
• Kipling in America
• Joseph Rudyard Kipling

 Some questions: 

1. Could you tell me why Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature?

2. Does Rudyard Kipling belong to Indian writing or British writing?

3. What are the achievements of Rudyard Kipling?

4. Please provide a summary of "The Mark Of The Beast" by Rudyard Kipling.

  Tasks:

1. Look at the little words. Now look at the box below. Complete the paragraphs with the little words on the right.

2. Kipling said he learnt everything by asking questions. He wrote a famous little poem about questions, and question words.

I keep six honest serving men,

(They taught me all I knew)

Their names are What and Where and When

And How and Why and Who.

Use Kipling’s ‘honest serving men’ (the question words) to
complete these questions about the dossier.
a. Where was Kipling born? …………………… In Bombay, India.
b. _____ was Mogli? ……………………………… He was the boy in
The Jungle Book.
c. _____ did he write The Jungle Book? .. In 1894.
d. _____ didn’t he like England? …………….. Because it was cold and
dark.
e. _____ did Kipling help Baden Powell? … He gave him the names for
the Wolf Cubs.
f. _____ was Kipling’s first name? …………..Rudyard


3. Use Kipling’s six honest serving men’ to make more questions about the dossier. Ask your friends.

4 “The Indian city of Bombay is now called Mumbai.” Look at the names of these cities. Match them with their old names. Use books or the internet to help you.