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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. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?
(a) From her ancestors.
(b) From well-chosen friends.
(c) From the passage of time.
(d) From effort and hard work.

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

3. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?
(a) Gathering clouds and rain.
(b) Night and daybreak.
(c) A seed and a sprout.
(d) The directions east and west.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?

2. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?

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

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

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

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