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1. The poem, "Desiderata," begins: "Go placidly amid the ____________. " Which of the following phrases completes this line?
2. What was the title of a recording of "Desiderata," made in 1968 by the actor Leonard Nimoy, in character as Star Trek's Mr. Spock?
3. "Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,
even the __________________ ; they too have their story." Which of the following phrases completes this line from "Desiderata"?
4. Some good advice in "Desiderata" includes:
"Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you ______________ with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself." What phrase completes this line from "Desiderata"?
5. One of my favorite messages from "Desiderata" deals with the goodness found in others. Ehrmann says, despite the world being "full of trickery, many persons strive for ____________;
and everywhere life is full of ___________." Which phrases complete this line from "Desiderata"?
6. Ehrmann's "Desiderata" offers a special piece of advice for young people: "Take kindly the counsel of the ___________,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth." Which of the following completes the line?
7. Another of my favorite phrases from "Desiderata" is: "You are a child of the universe, no less than the ________________;
you have a right to be here." Which phrase below completes this line?
8. What was Max Ehrmann's profession?
9. I was especially fond of Ehrmann's openness concerning personal beliefs: "Therefore be at peace with __________,...and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your __________." Which of the following phrases completes this line from "Desiderata"?
10. As a youngster in the 1960s, I knew that I would later put this phrase below my high school yearbook photo: "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is _____________________." What phrase below completes this line from "Desiderata"?
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