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

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

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

4. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Angry and afraid.
(b) Distant and uninvolved.
(c) Tired and distracted.
(d) Sad and meek.

5. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?
(a) Gathering clouds and rain.
(b) The directions east and west.
(c) A seed and a sprout.
(d) Night and daybreak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?

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

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

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

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

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