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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) "I rise and rise."
(b) "Still I rise."
(c) "I rise."
(d) "Again I rise."

2. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?
(a) Gathering clouds and rain.
(b) Night and daybreak.
(c) The directions east and west.
(d) A seed and a sprout.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?

4. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?

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

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