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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) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(b) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.
(c) Assonance and sibilance.
(d) Alliteration and assonance.

2. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?
(a) Power.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Persistence.
(d) Independence.

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

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

5. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Euphemism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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