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

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

3. What technique is used in the phrase "unstoried, artless, unenhanced" (line 15)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Assonance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 antecedent of "it" in the phrase "it was ourselves" (line 9)?

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

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

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