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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 words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?
(a) "Again I rise."
(b) "I rise."
(c) "I rise and rise."
(d) "Still I rise."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?

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

5. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?

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