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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. How does the speaker characterize herself in line 4?
(a) Lively and confident.
(b) Lighthearted and silly.
(c) Brave and perseverent.
(d) Intelligent and curious.

2. What technique is used in line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?
(a) Innuendo.
(b) Simile.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Metaphor.

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

4. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?
(a) "Still I rise."
(b) "Again I rise."
(c) "I rise and rise."
(d) "I rise."

5. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Catalog.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?

3. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?

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

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

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