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

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

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

4. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Alliteration and assonance.
(b) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(c) Assonance and sibilance.
(d) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.

5. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?
(a) Arrogant and proud.
(b) Strange and eccentric.
(c) Mean-spirited and petty.
(d) Sneaky and dishonest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?

2. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?

3. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?

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

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

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