Rudyard Kipling #468541 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

Two epics

1 Both Kipling's epics have a central ________.
2 One epic is about ________ India.
3 The British were worried about ________ expansion in Central Asia.
4 The setting of one of the two epics is the ________ jungle.
5 The 1967 ________ film made the young protagonist of one of the two epics famous.

Completamento aperto

Two epics

Which words or phrases relate to Kipling's two epics?

A:

Kim

B:

episodes

C:

Departmental Ditties

D:

The Jungle Book

E:

Wee Willie Winkie

F:

Mowgli

Scelta multipla

Life and works

A:

Kipling was born in London.

B:

His work explored different aspects of Indian life.

C:

He married an American woman.

D:

He served in the First World War.

E:

His ashes were buried in Westminster Abbey.

Vero o falso

Life and works

A: Kipling settled in the USA.

B: Kipling went to England to study.

C: Kipling learnt the Hindi language.

D: Kipling worked as a journalist in India.

E: Kipling received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Domande in serie

Life and works

A: Kipling's first novel

B: A modern version of the beast fable

C: Kipling's autobiography

D: The only novel Kipling was happy with

Domande in serie

The short stories

1 The narrative form of the '________ story' is often employed by Kipling.
2 This narrative form consists of a story in which several ________ are related.
3 The omniscient narrator is replaced with an ________ vision of the world.
4 The character who narrates the story happens to be in ________ situations.
5 The writer provides an ________ comment on the main story.

Completamento chiuso

The white man's burden

1 The British Empire has something cruel for Kipling.
2 Kipling praised local power.
3 He believed that the Empire would provide money and stability among the locals.
4 He was convinced that the British 'burden' was to carry peace all over the world.
5 He celebrated the American conquest of the Philippines with a novel.

Trova errore

The mission of the coloniser

The poem:

A:

was written when the American army took over the Philippines.

B:

was written after the French-American War.

C:

was addressed to the local people in the Philippines.

D:

introduced a euphemism for imperialism.

E:

condemned imperialism.

Scelta multipla

The mission of the coloniser

1 The first four stanzas of the poem start with an ________.
2 Imperialism is compared to ________.
3 The conquered people are described as half ________ and half child.
4 The mission of the coloniser is to work for the ________ of others.
5 In the poem there is an emphasis on plain ________.

Posizionamento

The mission of the coloniser

A:

Kipling's imperialism was supported by the belief in the innate superiority of the Indian.

B:

He regarded imperialism primarily as a moral responsibility.

C:

The main aim of imperialism was to pursue British advantages and happiness.

D:

In Kipling's view, the English should not call upon their own glory.

E:

The author defines the task of the British coloniser as an unfair profession.

Vero o falso