Resilience and Success: Denzel

What GPA did the speaker have during one challenging semester?

• 4.0

• 1.8

• 3.5

• 2.2

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did the speaker emphasize as crucial after facing many failures?

• Changing paths

• Taking a break

• Giving up

• Continuing to try

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to the speaker, what can you expect if you 'hang around the barber shop long enough'?

• You will buy the shop

• You will get a haircut

• You will leave

• You will become a barber

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Where did the speaker experience a significant career breakthrough?

• In a Broadway theater

• On a film set

• In a university

• At a public speaking event

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the name of the play that marked the speaker's breakthrough?

• Macbeth

• Fences

• Hamlet

• Othello

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.C.8C

How many experiments did Thomas Edison conduct before the successful light bulb?

• 100

• 1500

• 1000

• 500

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does 'fall forward' suggest according to the speaker?

• Learn from mistakes and proceed

• Blame others for failures

• Quit after failing

• Ignore past failures

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3