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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) Quiet.
(b) Unmoving.
(c) Continuing to be.
(d) Nevertheless.

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

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

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

5. 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 American Revolution.
(c) The Pilgrims' first landing.
(d) Columbus's voyage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the lines "She was our land more than a hundred years/ Before we were her people" (lines 2-3)?

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

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

4. What technique is used in the line "Such as she was, such as she would become" (line 16)?

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

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