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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 is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?
(a) ABCB.
(b) ABAB.
(c) ABBA.
(d) ABAC.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker characterize herself in line 4?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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