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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. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?
(a) Nikki Giovanni.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Maya Angelou.

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

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

4. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Assonance and sibilance.
(b) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and assonance.
(d) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?

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

(see the answer key)

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