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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."
(b) "Again I rise."
(c) "Still I rise."
(d) "I rise and rise."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?

3. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?

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

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

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