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

2. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?
(a) Press down with the foot.
(b) Throw or hurl downward.
(c) Drag along the floor or earth.
(d) The sound of footsteps.

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

4. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?
(a) Sexiness.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Beauty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?

2. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?

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

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

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

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