The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The correct answer is B) actually disapproved of imperialism.
The other options of the question were A) actually approved of imperialism. C) did not truly understand imperialism. D) really had no opinion on imperialism.
Some critics suggest that Kipling was using satire in “The White Man’s Burden.” Satire is a literary work that exposes human behavior to ridicule or scorn. Knowing this would most likely make the reader think that Kipling actually disapproved of imperialism.
But in fact, it was the opposite, Rudyard Kipling indeed supported imperialism. He was against people in Britain that were in favor of democracy. Kipling considered that British colonies in India or Africa were good because white Europeans had more capacity to rule those native people. He reasoned that British people were educated and knew how to improve the conditions of those colonies.