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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 words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?
(a) "I rise and rise."
(b) "Still I rise."
(c) "I rise."
(d) "Again I rise."

2. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Angry and afraid.
(b) Tired and distracted.
(c) Sad and meek.
(d) Distant and uninvolved.

3. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?
(a) Because she has been abandoned by someone she loves.
(b) Because of the death of a loved one.
(c) Because of bigotry and discrimination.
(d) Because no one appreciates her value.

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

5. What technique is used in line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Innuendo.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?

2. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?

3. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?

4. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?

5. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?

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