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- 1. Multiple Choice
Read these lines from the poem:
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
To personify means to give human-like characteristics to something that is not human.
What does the poet personify in these lines?
"thoughts"
"triumph and disaster"
"knaves" and "fools"
"tools"
- 2. Multiple Choice
Read this stanza from the poem:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
To what does the pronoun "them" refer?
"winning"
"pitch and toss"
"beginnings"
"heart and nerve and sinew"
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a theme of this poem?
Becoming a grownup takes confidence, determination, and virtue.
Most people handle failure better than they handle success.
Talking about your problems is the first step toward solving them.
People should spend more time in crowds and less time around royalty.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who does the author believe you must count on in life?
Trustworthy friends
Loving family
Nobody
Yourself
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the following line mean: "If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue".
Listen to what others say.
Make sure you are loyal.
Keep your morals even if you may be influenced by others.
Don't share your opinions if others disagree.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Choose one line that reveals that the speaker values planning for the future while still living in the present.
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream -and not make dreams your master
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/ And treat those two impostors just the same
- 7. Multiple Choice
Choose one stanza that supports the idea that it is important to accept failure and move on.
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings -nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -which is more -you'll be a Man, my son!
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the rhyme pattern in these sentences emphasize about the speaker's message?
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
The speaker emphasizes the need for rest
The speaker emphasizes the need for endurance
The speaker emphasizes the loss that everyone experiences
The speaker emphasizes the importance of the body over the mind
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who is the speaker in this poem, and to whom is he or she speaking?
A husband is speaking to his wife
A father is speaking to his son
A poet is speaking to nature
A son is speaking to his father
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is being personify in the following lines: "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two imposters just the same"?
Triumph
Two imposters
Triumph and disaster
Dreams
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which word BEST describes the tone of the poem?
playful
apologetic
dreary
motivational
- 12. Multiple Choice
The lines, "If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too" suggests
Trust yourself to spend your allowance wisely
Believe in yourself, but recognize that no one is perfect
Trust yourself, but doubts other
Realize that if everyone thinks you are wrong, you probably are
- 13. Multiple Choice
The phrase "don't look too good, nor talk too wise" is about the virtue of
Kindness
Humility
Honesty
Vanity
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is a theme of this poem?
Becoming a grownup takes confidence, determination, and virtue
Most people handle failure better than they handle success
Talking about your problems is the first step toward solving them
People should spend more time in crowds and less time around royalty
- 15. Multiple Choice
Based on the following lines, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, what can you conclude about the speaker's values?
The speaker values curiosity and creativity
The speaker values patience and honesty
The speaker values good looks and political debates
The speaker values the opinions of other people
- 16. Multiple Choice
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch, What do you think it means to "walk with Kings"?
To actually walk down the street with some kings
To be friends with people who are successful and have everything
To carry a king from a chess set in your pocket
To be friends with people who think you are a king because they don't have very much
- 17. Multiple Choice
What do the following lines mean, If you can fill the unforgiving minute, With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Run faster for sixty minutes
Live life to the fullest
Do things that make you unhappy
Times moves slower when you worry about it
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