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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Still I Rise," Lines 1 - 43 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Assonance and sibilance.
(b) Alliteration and assonance.
(c) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.
(d) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.

2. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Allegory.

3. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Nikki Giovanni.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Toni Morrison.

4. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

5. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Sexiness.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?

2. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?

3. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?

4. What technique is used in line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?

5. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?

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