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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) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Innuendo.

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

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

4. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Rubies.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Sapphires.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?

3. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?

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

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

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