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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 line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Allusion.

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

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

4. 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) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?

3. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?

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

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

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