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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Gift Outright," Lines 1-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which term most accurately describes the meter of "The Gift Outright"?
(a) Ballad meter.
(b) Heroic verse.
(c) Blank verse.
(d) Free verse.

2. What techniques are used in the lines "She was ours/ In Massachusetts, in Virginia" (lines 3-4)?
(a) Synecdoche and asyndeton.
(b) Asyndeton and apostrophe.
(c) Antithesis and synecdoche.
(d) Apostrophe and antithesis.

3. To what event does the phrase "more than a hundred years/ Before we were her people" obliquely refer?
(a) Columbus's voyage.
(b) The Pilgrims' first landing.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The American Civil War.

4. What is the implied antecedent of "our" and "we" in lines 1 and 2?
(a) Colonists.
(b) Americans.
(c) Revolutionaries.
(d) Farmers.

5. What is alluded to in the phrase "the land vaguely realizing westward" (line 14)?
(a) The forced resettlement of Native peoples.
(b) The Louisiana Purchase.
(c) The Westward expansion of the United States.
(d) The American Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does line 12 make clear is the "Gift" in the title "The Gift Outright"?

2. Which is the primary definition of "still" being used in the expression "still colonials" in line 5?

3. What technique is used in line 10, "We were withholding from our land of living"?

4. What technique is used in the phrase "unstoried, artless, unenhanced" (line 15)?

5. Who is the author of "The Gift Outright"?

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