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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 technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

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

5. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?
(a) A stream.
(b) A lake.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?

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

3. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?

4. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?

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

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