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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Still I Rise," Lines 1 - 43 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What precious stones does the speaker use to evoke beauty and value in the simile in line 27?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Sapphires.
(c) Rubies.
(d) Diamonds.

2. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?
(a) ABAB.
(b) ABAC.
(c) ABBA.
(d) ABCB.

3. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?
(a) Power.
(b) Persistence.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Independence.

4. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?
(a) Gathering clouds and rain.
(b) Night and daybreak.
(c) A seed and a sprout.
(d) The directions east and west.

5. In the final quatrain, what does the speaker wonder about upsetting "you" with?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Sexiness.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition for "trod" in the context of line 3?

2. In line 17, what kind of a person is described by the word "haughtiness"?

3. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?

4. How does the speaker characterize herself in line 4?

5. What body of water does the speaker claim to be in the eighth stanza?

(see the answer key)

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