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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. How does the speaker characterize herself in line 4?
(a) Brave and perseverent.
(b) Lighthearted and silly.
(c) Intelligent and curious.
(d) Lively and confident.

2. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?

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

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

4. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?

5. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?

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