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

2. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?
(a) Gathering clouds and rain.
(b) Night and daybreak.
(c) A seed and a sprout.
(d) The directions east and west.

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

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

5. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(b) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration and assonance.
(d) Assonance and sibilance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?

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

4. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?

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

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