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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 7 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.
2. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?
(a) Troubled.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Decorated.
(d) Cradled.
3. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?
(a) Persistence.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Power.
(d) Independence.
4. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Internal rhyme.
(d) Rhetorical question.
5. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?
(a) Scholars and critics.
(b) A romantic partner.
(c) An unnamed oppressor.
(d) People of the past.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?
2. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?
3. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?
4. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?
5. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the final stanza, what metaphor does the speaker use, and what does it signify?
2. What oppressive actions does the speaker suggest "you" might take, and how does she say she will respond?
3. Describe how the final two stanzas of the poem differ from the first seven stazas.
4. What specific historical phenomenon does the speaker talk about rising above in the final two stanzas, and what allusion does she use to introduce the topic?
5. Describe the pattern that stanzas 2, 4, 5, and 7 have in common.
6. What do all of the questions the speaker asks have in common?
7. Why is the poem titled "Still I Rise" and not just "I Rise"--what additional idea does the word "Still" convey?
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