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What does the poet advise about dreams and thoughts?
What does the poet advise about dreams and thoughts?
- Make dreams your master
- Not make dreams your master (correct)
- Make thoughts your aim
- Suppress thoughts and dreams
What is the poet's advice about dealing with doubts?
What is the poet's advice about dealing with doubts?
- Pretend doubts do not exist
- Make allowance for others' doubts and trust oneself (correct)
- Give in to doubts and blame others
- Ignore doubts and trust only in oneself
What does the poet advise about dealing with loss?
What does the poet advise about dealing with loss?
- Never start again at your beginnings
- Breathe a word about your loss (correct)
- Give up after a loss
- Seek revenge for the loss
According to the poet, how should one react to being lied about?
According to the poet, how should one react to being lied about?
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How does the poet suggest one should react to Triumph and Disaster?
How does the poet suggest one should react to Triumph and Disaster?
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The Poet's Advice
- Dreams and Thoughts: Hold them lightly, don't let them master you.
- Doubts: Treat them with suspicion, don't give in to them.
- Loss: Meet it with head held high, don't let it break you.
- Being Lied About: Don't let it consume you, keep your head and don't be swayed.
- Triumph and Disaster: Treat them both the same, don't get too high or too low, stay balanced.
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Test your knowledge of the classic poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling with this quiz. See how well you remember the verses and their meanings.
