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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 line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Innuendo.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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