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

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

4. 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.

5. 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) Surrender and salvation.
(d) Freedom from England.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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