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

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

3. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?
(a) Press down with the foot.
(b) The sound of footsteps.
(c) Drag along the floor or earth.
(d) Throw or hurl downward.

4. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?
(a) Because of bigotry and discrimination.
(b) Because she has been abandoned by someone she loves.
(c) Because no one appreciates her value.
(d) Because of the death of a loved one.

5. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?

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

4. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?

5. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?

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