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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 lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

5. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?
(a) A romantic partner.
(b) An unnamed oppressor.
(c) Scholars and critics.
(d) People of the past.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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