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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) Lighthearted and silly.
(b) Lively and confident.
(c) Intelligent and curious.
(d) Brave and perseverent.

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

3. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?
(a) A lake.
(b) A stream.
(c) A river.
(d) An ocean.

4. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?
(a) Mean-spirited and petty.
(b) Sneaky and dishonest.
(c) Strange and eccentric.
(d) Arrogant and proud.

5. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Sexiness.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Kindness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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