Question 1 Part A

What advice would the poet of "If" most likely give about responding to harsh criticism?

One should defend oneself against any form of criticism.

One should respond to criticism by finding fault in those who criticize.

One should consider criticism but also respect oneself.

One should find humor in criticism that comes from others.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the poem best supports the answer in Part A?

"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue"

"If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, / But make allowance for their doubting too"

"If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim"

"If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—"

Fine fellow, that lebrun," said arobin when robert had gone. "i never heard you speak of him.""i knew him last summer at grand isle," she replied.  what becomes apparent during this conversation? robert and arobin are both aware they are rivals for edna’s affections. arobin is unaware of robert’s role in edna’s life, but robert is aware of arobin’s role. robert is completely unaware of arobin’s romantic intentions and love for edna. robert has much more confidence in himself than arobin does.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Describe the misfit’s experience of the world. to what extent can his criminality be attributed to the conditions of his life? even though he is not in jail, is he a free man?