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

2. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?
(a) Sexiness.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Intelligence.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?

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

5. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?

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