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

2. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Alliteration and assonance.
(b) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.
(c) Assonance and sibilance.
(d) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.

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

4. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?
(a) Rubies.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Emeralds.
(d) Sapphires.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?

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

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

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