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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. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?
(a) Because no one appreciates her value.
(b) Because she has been abandoned by someone she loves.
(c) Because of bigotry and discrimination.
(d) Because of the death of a loved one.

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

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

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

5. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Angry and afraid.
(b) Tired and distracted.
(c) Sad and meek.
(d) Distant and uninvolved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?

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

5. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?

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