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

2. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?
(a) From well-chosen friends.
(b) From her ancestors.
(c) From effort and hard work.
(d) From the passage of time.

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

4. Which technique is frequently used at the beginnings of stanzas?
(a) Internal rhyme.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Rhetorical question.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?

2. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?

3. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?

4. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?

5. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?

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