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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?
(a) "I rise and rise."
(b) "Again I rise."
(c) "I rise."
(d) "Still I rise."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?

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

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

5. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?

(see the answer key)

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