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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. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Dialect.

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

3. 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.

4. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?
(a) The sound of footsteps.
(b) Press down with the foot.
(c) Throw or hurl downward.
(d) Drag along the floor or earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?

3. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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