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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) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(d) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.

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

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

4. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?
(a) Internal rhyme.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Rhetorical question.
(d) Cacophony.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?

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

(see the answer key)

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