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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 primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Power.
(c) Independence.
(d) Endurance.

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

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

4. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?
(a) Catalog.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?

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

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

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

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