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

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

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

4. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Internal rhyme.
(c) Rhetorical question.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?

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. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?

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