The Last Bargain

Question 1

At what age did Tagore started composing poetry?

Answer 1

8

Question 2

At what age did Tagore publish his first collection of poetry?

Answer 2

17

Question 3

This was a movement that combined traditional Indian culture with Western ideas

Answer 3

Bengal renaissance

Question 4

Like Gandhi and Nehru, Tagore represented the coming together of which 3 cultures?

Answer 4

Hindu, Muslim, and Western

Question 5

Tagore was awarded what in 1913?

Answer 5

Nobel Prize for Literature

Question 6

After being knighted by the British in 1915, Tagore gave up his title after what?

Answer 6

British massacre of Amritsar in 1919

Question 7

Unlike the Jungle Book poems, “The Last Bargain” poem was written how?

Answer 7

free verse

Question 8

The message of simplicity connects with which of Gandhi’s beliefs?

Answer 8

nonviolence

Question 9

The movement from morning, midday, and evening symbolizes what?

Answer 9

cycle of life

Question 10

Which Jungle Book story does the “Last Bargain” compare to?

Answer 10

The Miracle of Purun Bhagat

Question 11

What does Purun Bhagat and “The Last Bargain” find peace in?

Answer 11

giving up material desires

Question 12

Time: Morning
Offers to Hire: a king
Payment: Power
Temptation resisted: pure political power

Answer 12

First Stanza

Question 13

Time: midday
Offers to Hire: old man
Payment: bag of gold
Temptation Resisted: wealth

Answer 13

Second Stanza

Question 14

Time: evening
Offers to Hire: fair maid
Payment: a smile
Temptation Resisted: the body

Answer 14

Third Stanza

Question 15

Time: sun glistening on the sand
Offers to Hire: a child
Payment: nothing
Freedom: Innocence of a child, freeing him with his youthful simplicity

Answer 15

Fourth Stanza

Question 16

Where was Tagore born?

Answer 16

Calcutta, India in May, 1861