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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 phrase "unstoried, artless, unenhanced" (line 15)?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Euphemism.

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)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Alliteration.

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

4. According to the poem's second sentence, how did "we" find "salvation"?
(a) By fully surrendering ourselves to the land.
(b) By dedicating ourselves to the Christian God.
(c) By finding the courage to fight England.
(d) By realizing our own weakness.

5. What technique is used in line 10, "We were withholding from our land of living"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what event does the phrase "more than a hundred years/ Before we were her people" obliquely refer?

2. Which technique is used in the first line, "The land was ours before we were the land’s"?

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

4. What techniques are used in the lines "She was ours/ In Massachusetts, in Virginia" (lines 3-4)?

5. Which term most accurately describes the meter of "The Gift Outright"?

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