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

2. How does the speaker characterize herself in line 4?
(a) Lively and confident.
(b) Intelligent and curious.
(c) Brave and perseverent.
(d) Lighthearted and silly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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