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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) Assonance and sibilance.
(b) Alliteration and assonance.
(c) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(d) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.

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

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

4. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?
(a) Independence.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Power.
(d) Persistence.

5. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Catalog.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?

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

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

5. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?

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