Updated December 30th, 2020 at 15:58 IST

Rudyard Kipling's Quiz: Take this quiz to find out how well you know the renowned author

Rudyard Kipling's quiz will help you find out how much you know about the author of the 'Jungle Book'. Take this quiz to improve your knowledge of the writer.

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a renowned writer, journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist and is most popularly known for his work, The Jungle Book. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. On his 155th birth anniversary today, December 30, take Rudyard Kipling's quiz to guess how much you know about the renowned writer. 

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Rudyard Kipling's quiz 

Quiz on Rudyard Kipling trivia and Rudyard Kipling's books 

1) Which 1888 short story was adapted into a 1975 film starring Sean Connery and Michael Cain?

  • The Man Who Would Be God
  • The Man Who Would Be Immortal
  • The Man Who Would Be Wise
  • The Man Who Would Be King

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2) In which city of India, was Rudyard Kipling born in 1865?

  • Bombay (Now Mumbai)
  • Calcutta (Now Kolkata)
  • Madras (Now Chennai)
  • Delhi

3) In which English county is Kipling's house, Batemans, which was bequeathed to the National Trust after his death?

  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • East Sussex
  • West Sussex

4) Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home? 

  • Baa Baa Black Sheep
  • Mandalay
  • Danny Deever 
  • Gunga Din

5) In Rudyard Kipling's novel titled Kim, what is Kim's real first name?

  • Kimberly
  • Kimbuktu
  • Kimani 
  • Kimball

6) When did Rudyard Kipling publish Plain Tales from the Hills? 

  • 1891
  • 1888
  • 1899
  • 1895

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7) What was the title of the Rudyard Kipling poem that was first published in McClure's magazine in 1899?

  • The White Man's Legacy
  • The White Man's Conscience
  • The White Man's Burden
  • The White Man's Responsibility 

8) When was Rudyard Kipling felicitated with the Nobel Prize for Literature?

  • 1908
  • 1907
  • 1909
  • 1910

9) Which American writer did Kipling meet in Elmira, New York in 1889?

  • Mark Twain
  • Henry James
  • Edgar Allan Poe
  • Walt Whitman

10) Where did Rudyard Kipling pass away in 1936?

  • Canberra
  • Mumbai
  • New York
  • London 

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Answers to the quiz 

1) The Man Who Would Be King

2) Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay. 

3) East Sussex

4) Baa Baa Black Sheep

5) Kimball

6) 1888

7) The White Man's Burden

8) Kipling won the Nobel Prize in 1907.

9) Mark Twain

10) Rudyard Kipling passed away in London, England at the age of 70. 

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Published December 30th, 2020 at 15:58 IST