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

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

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

4. In line 15, what is the speaker calling "unstoried, artless, unenhanced"?
(a) The history of the United States.
(b) The wars fought to secure land.
(c) The American land.
(d) The American people.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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