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

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

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

4. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?
(a) "I rise."
(b) "Again I rise."
(c) "Still I rise."
(d) "I rise and rise."

5. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Sapphires.
(d) Rubies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?

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

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

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

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