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

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

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

4. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Tired and distracted.
(b) Distant and uninvolved.
(c) Angry and afraid.
(d) Sad and meek.

5. 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) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?

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

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

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

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

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