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

2. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Angry and afraid.
(b) Distant and uninvolved.
(c) Sad and meek.
(d) Tired and distracted.

3. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?
(a) Mean-spirited and petty.
(b) Strange and eccentric.
(c) Sneaky and dishonest.
(d) Arrogant and proud.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?

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

4. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?

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

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