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

2. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?
(a) The "certainty of springtime."
(b) The "certainty of air."
(c) The "certainty of history."
(d) The "certainty of tides."

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

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

5. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?
(a) A lake.
(b) A river.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A stream.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?

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

5. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?

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