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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?

2. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?

3. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?

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

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

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