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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) Angry and afraid.
(d) Tired and distracted.

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

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

4. 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) The sound of footsteps.
(d) Throw or hurl downward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?

2. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?

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

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

5. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?

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