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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 technique is used in the first line, "The land was ours before we were the land’s"?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anaphora.

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

3. In line 15, what is the speaker calling "unstoried, artless, unenhanced"?
(a) The wars fought to secure land.
(b) The history of the United States.
(c) The American people.
(d) The American land.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is alluded to in the phrase "the land vaguely realizing westward" (line 14)?

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

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

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