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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. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Nikki Giovanni.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Maya Angelou.

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

3. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?
(a) Arrogant and proud.
(b) Mean-spirited and petty.
(c) Sneaky and dishonest.
(d) Strange and eccentric.

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

5. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Dialect.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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