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

2. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?
(a) People of the past.
(b) An unnamed oppressor.
(c) A romantic partner.
(d) Scholars and critics.

3. 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."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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