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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. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?
(a) Rhetorical question.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Internal rhyme.
(d) Cacophony.

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

3. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

4. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?
(a) The sound of footsteps.
(b) Drag along the floor or earth.
(c) Press down with the foot.
(d) Throw or hurl downward.

5. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?
(a) Nikki Giovanni.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Alice Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?

2. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?

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

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

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

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