{"id":624,"date":"2016-10-06T14:06:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishlitvictorianmodern\/?post_type=chapter&p=624"},"modified":"2016-10-10T23:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T23:09:50","slug":"study-questions-activities-and-resources-8","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-englishlitvictorianmodern\/chapter\/study-questions-activities-and-resources-8\/","title":{"raw":"Study Questions, Activities, and Resources: Joseph Rudyard Kipling","rendered":"Study Questions, Activities, and Resources: Joseph Rudyard Kipling"},"content":{"raw":"
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Study Questions and Activities<\/h3>\r\n

Fuzzy-Wuzzy<\/h2>\r\nProf. Florence Boos points out that \"the British had fought several \u201cwars\u201d of conquest in Africa, including a Zulu war in which natives overran a British army with spears. In the 1890s, the British - motivated by the desire to control territory near the Suez Canal - authorized an expeditionary force to conquer the Sudan. Britain remained in control of the region until 1956.\" http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/~boosf\/questions\/index3.htm<\/a>\r\n
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  1. Who is the poem\u2019s speaker? Why would Kipling have chosen him to represent British presence in the Nile region?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. The term \u201cFuzzy-Wuzzy\u201d refers to the Sudanese Hadandoa tribesmen of the upper Nile, who charged into battle with their hair arranged to look as fearsome as possible. What is the effect of the speaker\u2019s use of this term? Of his reference to his enemy in the singular?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. What do we know about the speaker from his use of language?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. What attitudes are ascribed to the speaker as he says, \u201cWe\u2019ll come an\u2019 \u2018have romp with you whenever you\u2019re inclined\u201d? What other attitudes seemingly appropriate for a British soldier does he exhibit?<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. On what grounds does the speaker respect his enemy? Are the Hadandoa expected to successfully defend their homeland? What are the implications of praising the tribesmen for breaking \u201ca British square\u201d (a reference to the victory of the Sudanese in the battle of Tamai, 1884)?<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. How do the poem\u2019s stanza form and rhythms convey or complement its meaning?<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. In reading this poem, what attitude toward the issue of imperialist wars is the Victorian reader expected to take?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Recessional<\/h2>\r\n
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    1. What are implications of the poem\u2019s title? A recessional is a hymn or solemn musical piece at the conclusion of a service or program.<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. Who is the poem\u2019s speaker? What effect is created by the fact that the poem is a prayer?<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. To what \u201cverities\u201d and past historical events does the poem allude in the first stanza? What relationship does the \u201cLord of Hosts\u201d have to the British Empire?<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. What does the speaker predict will be the fate of the British empire? What does he fear will be forgotten?<\/li>\r\n \t
    5. In stanza 4, what dreaded fate does the speaker fear will overtake the British? In this context, who are the \u201cGentiles,\u201d and \u201clesser breeds without the Law\u201d? Is this law political or religious?<\/li>\r\n \t
    6. What are the \u201creeking tube and iron shard\u201d? For what do the speaker\u2019s people require mercy?<\/li>\r\n \t
    7. Who are the \u201cPeople\u201d of the poem\u2019s final line? What is the poem\u2019s final tone? What is its view of the nature and value of the \u201cimperial project\u201d?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      The White Man\u2019s Burden<\/h2>\r\nOriginally, Kipling began this poem to commemorate Queen Victoria\u2019s 60th jubilee in 1897, but he abandoned it, later taking it up again as a response to events that led to the Spanish-American War in 1899.\r\n
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      1. According to Kipling, and in your own words, what was the \u201cWhite Man\u2019s Burden\u201d?<\/li>\r\n \t
      2. What reward did Kipling suggest the \u201cWhite Man\u201d get for carrying his \u201cburden\u201d?<\/li>\r\n \t
      3. Who did Kipling think would read his poem? What do you think that this audience might have said in response to it? Look up McClure\u2019s Magazine<\/em> online: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McClure%27s<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
      4. Read the original publication of the poem in McClure\u2019s Magazine<\/em>. Be sure to download pages 290 and 291 for the full poem: http:\/\/www.unz.org\/Pub\/McClures-1899feb-00290<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
      5. Next, read two parodies of Kipling\u2019s poem: George McNeill, \"The Poor Man\u2019s Burden\" (http:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5475\/) and H.T. Johnson, \"The Black Man\u2019s Burden\" (http:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5476\/<\/a>).<\/li>\r\n \t
      6. For what audiences do you think McNeill and Johnson wrote their poems? How do you think those audiences might have responded to \u201cThe Black Man\u2019s Burden\u201d and \u201cThe Poor Man\u2019s Burden\u201d?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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        Resources<\/h2>\r\nRecessional.\r\n\r\nWatch the following video:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V8V6VJLIC6M\r\n\r\n\"qrcodest-bartholomews-church\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

        Attributions<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>Figure 1<\/a>\r\n<\/strong>Rudyard Kipling by\u00a0Current History of the War<\/i>\u00a0v.I (December 1914 - March 1915). New York: New York Times Company (http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rudyard_Kipling.jpg<\/a>) is in the Public Domain<\/span>","rendered":"
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        Study Questions and Activities<\/h3>\n

        Fuzzy-Wuzzy<\/h2>\n

        Prof. Florence Boos points out that “the British had fought several \u201cwars\u201d of conquest in Africa, including a Zulu war in which natives overran a British army with spears. In the 1890s, the British – motivated by the desire to control territory near the Suez Canal – authorized an expeditionary force to conquer the Sudan. Britain remained in control of the region until 1956.” http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/~boosf\/questions\/index3.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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        1. Who is the poem\u2019s speaker? Why would Kipling have chosen him to represent British presence in the Nile region?<\/li>\n
        2. The term \u201cFuzzy-Wuzzy\u201d refers to the Sudanese Hadandoa tribesmen of the upper Nile, who charged into battle with their hair arranged to look as fearsome as possible. What is the effect of the speaker\u2019s use of this term? Of his reference to his enemy in the singular?<\/li>\n
        3. What do we know about the speaker from his use of language?<\/li>\n
        4. What attitudes are ascribed to the speaker as he says, \u201cWe\u2019ll come an\u2019 \u2018have romp with you whenever you\u2019re inclined\u201d? What other attitudes seemingly appropriate for a British soldier does he exhibit?<\/li>\n
        5. On what grounds does the speaker respect his enemy? Are the Hadandoa expected to successfully defend their homeland? What are the implications of praising the tribesmen for breaking \u201ca British square\u201d (a reference to the victory of the Sudanese in the battle of Tamai, 1884)?<\/li>\n
        6. How do the poem\u2019s stanza form and rhythms convey or complement its meaning?<\/li>\n
        7. In reading this poem, what attitude toward the issue of imperialist wars is the Victorian reader expected to take?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Recessional<\/h2>\n
            \n
          1. What are implications of the poem\u2019s title? A recessional is a hymn or solemn musical piece at the conclusion of a service or program.<\/li>\n
          2. Who is the poem\u2019s speaker? What effect is created by the fact that the poem is a prayer?<\/li>\n
          3. To what \u201cverities\u201d and past historical events does the poem allude in the first stanza? What relationship does the \u201cLord of Hosts\u201d have to the British Empire?<\/li>\n
          4. What does the speaker predict will be the fate of the British empire? What does he fear will be forgotten?<\/li>\n
          5. In stanza 4, what dreaded fate does the speaker fear will overtake the British? In this context, who are the \u201cGentiles,\u201d and \u201clesser breeds without the Law\u201d? Is this law political or religious?<\/li>\n
          6. What are the \u201creeking tube and iron shard\u201d? For what do the speaker\u2019s people require mercy?<\/li>\n
          7. Who are the \u201cPeople\u201d of the poem\u2019s final line? What is the poem\u2019s final tone? What is its view of the nature and value of the \u201cimperial project\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            The White Man\u2019s Burden<\/h2>\n

            Originally, Kipling began this poem to commemorate Queen Victoria\u2019s 60th jubilee in 1897, but he abandoned it, later taking it up again as a response to events that led to the Spanish-American War in 1899.<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. According to Kipling, and in your own words, what was the \u201cWhite Man\u2019s Burden\u201d?<\/li>\n
            2. What reward did Kipling suggest the \u201cWhite Man\u201d get for carrying his \u201cburden\u201d?<\/li>\n
            3. Who did Kipling think would read his poem? What do you think that this audience might have said in response to it? Look up McClure\u2019s Magazine<\/em> online: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McClure%27s<\/a><\/li>\n
            4. Read the original publication of the poem in McClure\u2019s Magazine<\/em>. Be sure to download pages 290 and 291 for the full poem: http:\/\/www.unz.org\/Pub\/McClures-1899feb-00290<\/a><\/li>\n
            5. Next, read two parodies of Kipling\u2019s poem: George McNeill, “The Poor Man\u2019s Burden” (http:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5475\/) and H.T. Johnson, “The Black Man\u2019s Burden” (http:\/\/historymatters.gmu.edu\/d\/5476\/<\/a>).<\/li>\n
            6. For what audiences do you think McNeill and Johnson wrote their poems? How do you think those audiences might have responded to \u201cThe Black Man\u2019s Burden\u201d and \u201cThe Poor Man\u2019s Burden\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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              Resources<\/h2>\n

              Recessional.<\/p>\n

              Watch the following video:<\/p>\n