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

2. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Sad and meek.
(b) Distant and uninvolved.
(c) Angry and afraid.
(d) Tired and distracted.

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

4. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?
(a) A lake.
(b) A stream.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A river.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?

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

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