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

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

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) Throw or hurl downward.
(d) The sound of footsteps.

4. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?
(a) Nikki Giovanni.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Maya Angelou.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker characterize herself in line 4?

2. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?

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

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

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

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