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    Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti Subject: English Class Viii IF: Second Jungle Book

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    The document provides context about the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling and asks comprehension questions about the poem. [1] The poem conveys the poet's ideas about how to deal with different situations in life and how to be a good person. [2] A series of multiple choice and short answer questions test the reader's understanding of themes, characters, and lessons within the poem, such as trusting oneself, maintaining virtue when facing opposition, and persevering even in the face of loss. [3] The questions analyze poetic devices and lines within the poem to determine meanings around themes of living wisely, facing triumph and disaster, and maintaining resolve.

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    Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti Subject: English Class Viii IF: Second Jungle Book

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    The document provides context about the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling and asks comprehension questions about the poem. [1] The poem conveys the poet's ideas about how to deal with different situations in life and how to be a good person. [2] A series of multiple choice and short answer questions test the reader's understanding of themes, characters, and lessons within the poem, such as trusting oneself, maintaining virtue when facing opposition, and persevering even in the face of loss. [3] The questions analyze poetic devices and lines within the poem to determine meanings around themes of living wisely, facing triumph and disaster, and maintaining resolve.

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    The document provides context about the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling and asks comprehension questions about the poem. [1] The poem conveys the poet's ideas about how to deal with different situations in life and how to be a good person. [2] A series of multiple choice and short answer questions test the reader's understanding of themes, characters, and lessons within the poem, such as trusting oneself, maintaining virtue when facing opposition, and persevering even in the face of loss. [3] The questions analyze poetic devices and lines within the poem to determine meanings around themes of living wisely, facing triumph and disaster, and maintaining resolve.

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    Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti Subject: English Class Viii IF: Second Jungle Book

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    SARALA BIRLA GYAN JYOTI

    SUBJECT: ENGLISH

    CLASS VIII

    IF

    Joseph Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novels The Jungle Book, The
    Second Jungle Book, and Kim, and his most famous poem, "If-".

    The poem ‘If’ by the India-born British Nobel laureate poet Rudyard Kipling is
    a poem of ultimate inspiration that tells us how to deal with different situations
    in life. The poet conveys his ideas about how to win this life, and after all, how
    to be a good human being.

    CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

    1. Read the first stanza of the poem. Based on lines 5 and 6, what can you conclude
    about the speaker's values?
    i. The speaker values curiosity and creativity.
    ii. The speaker values patience and honesty.
    iii. The speaker values good looks and political debates.
    iv. The speaker values the opinions of other people.

    2. 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;

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    To personify means to give human-like characteristics to something that is not human.

    What does the poet personify in these lines?


    i. thoughts ii. triumph and disaster iii. knaves and fools iv. Tools

    3. Who does the speaker believe you must count on in life?


    i. Trustworthy friends ii. Loving family iii. Nobody iv. Yourself

    4. What does the following line mean: "If you can talk with crowds and keep your
    virtue".
    i. Listen to what others say.
    ii. Make sure you are loyal.
    iii. Keep your morals even if you may be influenced by others.
    iv. Don't share your opinions if others disagree.

    5. Identify the theme of the poem-


    i. friends ii. living wisely iii. enemies iv. being healthy

    6. What advice does the father give to his son in the first stanza?
    i. Do not hate others even if others hate you.
    ii. Don’t tell lies.
    iii. trust yourself
    iv. all of these.

    7.Which lines of the poem tell you that your “will” will make you do things even when
    you don’t have anything?
    i. And so hold on when there is nothing in you
    Except the will which says to them: “ Hold on!”

    ii. If you can bear the truth you’ve spoken


    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.

    iii. If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
    To serve your turn long after they are gone.

    iv. Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
    And stoop and build `em up with worn-out tools.

    Answer the following:

    1. Describe in your own words what Kipling meant when he wrote, “If you can dream-and
    not make dreams your master.”

    2. What do you understand from the line-“ If you can make heap of all your winnings and
    risk it on one turn of pitch -and-toss, and lose, and start again at your beginnings”

    3. Who are the two imposters as mentioned in the poem?

    4. What lesson do you learn from this poem?


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