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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 is alluded to in the phrase "the land vaguely realizing westward" (line 14)?
(a) The American Civil War.
(b) The Louisiana Purchase.
(c) The forced resettlement of Native peoples.
(d) The Westward expansion of the United States.

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

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

4. Who is the author of "The Gift Outright"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Galway Kinnell.
(d) Donald Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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