The largest empire and for a time was the foremost global power
What is the British Empire?
200
Born in India of Anglo-Indian parents.
Sent to live and go to school in England in 1871.
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
200
The Indian Imperial Policeman in Burma
Who is the main character/George Orwell?
200
The humanist of the story
Who is Mrs. Moore?
200
The year The British Empire lost its most valuable colony, the British Raj
What is 1947?
300
The people that Kipling call half-devil, half-child
Who are the indigenous people?
300
Being stock between hatred of the empire and hatred against the Burmese
What is Orwell’s inner conflict?
300
He is a judge, has a bad temper, a racist, arrogant and loyal to the Empire.
Who is Ronnie Heaslop?
300
The year of the beginning of the British Empire
What is 1497?
400
The obligation to civilize uncivilized people.
What is The White Man’s Burden?
400
A metaphor for the dying Empire
What is the dying elephant?
400
Private independent schools
What are public schools?
400
The year Burma achieved independence outside the Commonwealth
What is 1948?
500
The White men are doing a duty – both sides pay the price of imperialism. They’re both unfree.
What is the point of "The White Man's Burden"?
500
A man who loses his freedom, because he is forced into a role
What is the white man?
500
Class differences, sexuality & hypocrisy
What is the key themes of "A Passage to India"?
500
The year the United Kingdom ended the protectorate status of Brunei, although the British Army continues to maintain a presence in the Sultanate at the request of the Government of Brunei