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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 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.

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

3. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?
(a) Cradled.
(b) Troubled.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Decorated.

4. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?

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

3. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?

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

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

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