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

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

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

4. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Decorated.
(c) Troubled.
(d) Cradled.

5. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?
(a) People of the past.
(b) An unnamed oppressor.
(c) Scholars and critics.
(d) A romantic partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?

2. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?

3. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?

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

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

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