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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. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?
(a) Scholars and critics.
(b) People of the past.
(c) An unnamed oppressor.
(d) A romantic partner.

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

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

4. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Decorated.
(c) Cradled.
(d) Troubled.

5. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?
(a) A stream.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A lake.
(d) A river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?

2. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?

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

4. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?

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

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