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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the antecedent of "it" in the phrase "it was ourselves" (line 9)?

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

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

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