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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) Metaphor.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

2. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Power.
(c) Independence.
(d) Endurance.

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

4. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?
(a) Cradled.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Decorated.
(d) Troubled.

5. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?
(a) The "certainty of history."
(b) The "certainty of air."
(c) The "certainty of tides."
(d) The "certainty of springtime."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?

4. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?

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

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