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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 does line 12 make clear is the "Gift" in the title "The Gift Outright"?
(a) Freedom from England.
(b) Americans themselves.
(c) Surrender and salvation.
(d) The land Americans live on.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In line 15, what is the speaker calling "unstoried, artless, unenhanced"?

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

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

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