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1. What did Kipling's parents name him?
2. Kipling's home in Vermont was named Naulakha. What is the derivation of that name?
3. Mahbub Ali is a horse trader featured in the story 'Kim'. What Ballad by Kipling also features Mahbub Ali?
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?
5. On 6th March 1899 Rudyard's daughter Josephine died at the age of six from pneumonia. Where did she die?
6. In the poem 'Bobs' who is Bobs Bahadur?
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?
8. In the story the 'Maltese Cat' , what did the Maltese Cat say his employment was before becoming a polo pony?
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?
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?
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?
12. In 'the Maltese Cat' , on which polo ground was that match supposedly played?
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.'?
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?
15. In his report titled 'City of Dreadful Night', to which city did Kipling apply that title?
16. In which two-volumed book does the story 'City of Dreadful Night' appear?
17. Where does Kipling write that his first encounter with the United States Cavalry took place?
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?
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?
20. A recent biography of Kipling, by Marghanita Laski, bears the title 'From Palm to Pine'. Which of Kipling's works provides that title?
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