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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) Sad and meek.
(b) Tired and distracted.
(c) Distant and uninvolved.
(d) Angry and afraid.

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

3. 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.

4. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Dialect.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Allusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?

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

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

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

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

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