Literary Analysis
Big Bad Wolves of Europe
Law of the Jungle
Vocab Corner
Miscellaneous
100

A literary term for one object standing in for another, usually a big abstract idea

What is symbolism? (or what is a symbol?) 

100

The monarch responsible for the colonization of India

Who is Queen Victoria

100

Mowgli's two main teachers

Who are Baloo and Bagheera

100

A person who travels to far away lands to spread their religion, usually Christianity

What is a missionary

100

So much depends upon this. 

What is a red wheelbarrow

200

The problem in the story-- what a character wants and doesn't have, or what a character needs to overcome

What is conflict?

200

The original nationality of the Boers / Afrikaners

Who are the Dutch

200

The only one the monkeys ever feared

Who is Kaa the python

200

A large, powerful government that takes control of more vulnerable countries 

What is an empire

200
The two letter word Rudyard Kipling seemed to really love

What is "if"?

300

"The trees groaned against the wind" is an example of this

What is personification?

300

The jewel in the crown of the British empire

What is the British Raj? (or what is India?) 

300

The place the wolf pack gathers for meetings

What is Council Rock

300

Abolished in the US in 1808, this industry involved the capture, sale and domination of African people 

What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade

300
The Nickelodeon animated show about colonialism and revolution 

What is Avatar: The Last Airbender

400

The picture you get in your head while you're reading something

What is imagery

400

The Berlin Conference of 1884 was part of this historical moment

What was The Scramble?

400

Mowgli's stolen (or borrowed) treasure 

What is the King's Ankus

400

Black South Africans were an example of this kind of person-- Native Americans, too

What are indigenous people?

400

The unwelcome guest in the Man's hut (in "Gentlemen of the Jungle")

Who is Mr. Elephant

500

The main "part of a story" we are looking for when we do literary analysis 

What is the theme?

500

King Leopold's fancy charity

What was the International African Association?

500

The characters who represent colonized Indian people in "Rikki Tikki Tavi" 

Who are Nag and Nagaina

500

1776 in the United States; 1962 in Algeria; 1947 in India-- big years for what process? 

What is decolonization

500

The country that my family is from, which was colonized by the British 

What is Egypt