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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 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Innuendo.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Metaphor.

2. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.
(b) Alliteration and assonance.
(c) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.
(d) Assonance and sibilance.

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

4. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?
(a) From effort and hard work.
(b) From her ancestors.
(c) From the passage of time.
(d) From well-chosen friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?

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

3. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?

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

5. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?

(see the answer key)

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