Rudyard Kipling

Question 1

a hymn or musical piece sung at the conclusion of a service or program

Answer 1

recessional

Question 2

an ancient Phoenician city that was once a flourishing commercial center, but later captured by Alexander the Great and eventually destroyed

Answer 2

Tyre

Question 3

commotion; confusion

Answer 3

tumult

Question 4

housed; lodged

Answer 4

quartered

Question 5

authority over; power over

Answer 5

dominion

Question 6

an ancient city of Assyria that enjoyed great influence and prosperity, but was captured and destroyed by the Babylonians in 612 B.C.

Answer 6

Ninevah

Question 7

suggests; proposes

Answer 7

propounds

Question 8

complete; utter

Answer 8

unmitigated

Question 9

an army training camp in Hampshire, England

Answer 9

Aldershot

Question 10

confronted aggressively

Answer 10

accosted

Question 11

A water carrier from India who was a member of the sub-caste and paid little wages. The word means “heavenly.”

Answer 11

bhisti

Question 12

concerns; objects of focus

Answer 12

contentions

Question 13

early Native American tribes

Answer 13

Hurons and Choctaws

Question 14

a member of the military

Answer 14

regimental

Question 15

lounging in the sun

Answer 15

basking

Question 16

“Where the ‘eat would make your bloomin’ eyebrows crawl”

Answer 16

description of the sweltering heat of India

Question 17

Central One Idea of “Recessional”

Answer 17

Remember to seek God, and not to become solely focused on earthly power.

Question 18

“For the female of the species …”

Answer 18

“is more deadly than the male”

Question 19

what Gunga did for the speaker

Answer 19

plugged the wound where he was shot; carried him to a dooli; received a fatal bullet

Question 20

This “recessional” is a prayer regarding

Answer 20

England and its battles; its military might and character

Question 21

examples of the female species’ power

Answer 21

a she-bear, a cobra, and a Native American

Question 22

the occupation of Gunga Din in the poem

Answer 22

a water carrier

Question 23

“She can bring no more to living than the powers that make her great …”

Answer 23

“As the mother of the Infant and the Mistress of the Mate.”

Question 24

“Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet …”

Answer 24

“Lest we forget - lest we forget!”

Question 25

the highest compliment given to Gunga Din in the poem

Answer 25

“By the livin’ Gawd that made you,

You’re a better man than I am …!”