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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?

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

3. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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