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

2. The repetition of the word "deed" in line 13 is an example of which technique?
(a) Antanaclasis.
(b) Epizeuxis.
(c) Epistrophe.
(d) Anadiplosis.

3. 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 dedicating ourselves to the Christian God.
(d) By finding the courage to fight England.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is alluded to in the phrase "the land vaguely realizing westward" (line 14)?

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

5. Which technique is used in the first line, "The land was ours before we were the land’s"?

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