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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. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?
(a) From well-chosen friends.
(b) From her ancestors.
(c) From effort and hard work.
(d) From the passage of time.

2. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?
(a) ABBA.
(b) ABAB.
(c) ABCB.
(d) ABAC.

3. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?
(a) The "certainty of air."
(b) The "certainty of tides."
(c) The "certainty of history."
(d) The "certainty of springtime."

4. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?
(a) Press down with the foot.
(b) The sound of footsteps.
(c) Throw or hurl downward.
(d) Drag along the floor or earth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?

3. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?

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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