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

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

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

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

5. What is the antecedent of "it" in the phrase "it was ourselves" (line 9)?
(a) "Something we were withholding" (line 8).
(b) "Still colonials" (line 5).
(c) "What we still were unpossessed by" (line 6).
(d) "What we now no more possessed" (line 7).

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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