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

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

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

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?
(a) ABCB.
(b) ABAC.
(c) ABBA.
(d) ABAB.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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