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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. What technique is used in the line "Such as she was, such as she would become" (line 16)?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anadiplosis.

2. What is the antecedent of "it" in the phrase "it was ourselves" (line 9)?
(a) "Still colonials" (line 5).
(b) "What we still were unpossessed by" (line 6).
(c) "What we now no more possessed" (line 7).
(d) "Something we were withholding" (line 8).

3. Which is the primary definition of "still" being used in the expression "still colonials" in line 5?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Continuing to be.
(c) Nevertheless.
(d) Unmoving.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poem's second sentence, how did "we" find "salvation"?

2. What technique is used in the lines "She was our land more than a hundred years/ Before we were her people" (lines 2-3)?

3. What is the implied antecedent of "our" and "we" in lines 1 and 2?

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

5. The repetition of the word "deed" in line 13 is an example of which technique?

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