WorksheetsIf by Rudyard Kipling
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many stanzas does the poem "If" have?
Two
Three
Four
Five
How many lines does each stanza of the poem have?
5
6
7
8
How many times has the word "if" been used in the poem?
10 times
12 times
13 times
15 times
Who is Kipling addressing in this poem?
All of his friends
His family
Only his son/men in general
All of us
Throughout the poem, Kipling advises us to be...
lazy
steady
strict
aggressive
In Stanza 1, what is the poet advising us to do?
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:
to avoid those that do not believe in you
to keep calm even if others aren't
to run away from problems
to be a fighter in all aspects of life
Which of these attributes does the poet expect us to have?
patience
truthfulness
self-confidence
all of the above
According to the poet, when others hate us, we should...
hate them back
teach them about love
not hate them
accept it
What does the poet tell us about dreams?
Dreams should not be allowed to master us
Dreams must be allowed to be our master
Dreams should be taken very seriously
Dreams should not be given any importance
What does the poet say we should do when we meet with Triumph and Defeat?
be excited
be indifferent
be prideful
make excuses
What does the poet advise us with regard to 'knaves'?
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:
tolerate them
treat them badly
do the same thing
expose them
What is the meaning of 'knave'?
a dishonest man / a scoundrel
a truthful man
an arrogant man
a prideful man
What do knaves do to a person?
they say nice things about the person
they steal things from the person
they rely on flattery to get what they want
they deliberately give a false account of the person / spread lies
What should we do in the company of Kings and common crowds of people?
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch
be righteous, and not be prideful or corrupt
walk and talk like a King
Treat others like they are inferior to you
Act like a superior being
How must we make use of time according to the poet?
"If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run"
We must not worry about time as it is temporary
We must make good use of all 60 seconds in a minute
We must not feel guilty for time is not in our hands
We must use the time for pleasurable things
In "If", the poet says that others will blame us for their...
achievement
credit
failure
fame
Rudyard Kipling was born in...
Bombay, India
London, England
Strandhill, Ireland
Madras, India
What type of poem is "If" by Rudyard Kipling?
Acrostic
Limerick
Didactic
Diamante
The world is ours only when...
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!
You do not waste time
You tolerate people
You practice good morals and not be arrogant
You are honest and forgiving
All of the above
What literary device is used in the following lines?
"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same"
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Irony
