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

2. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?
(a) The "certainty of tides."
(b) The "certainty of springtime."
(c) The "certainty of history."
(d) The "certainty of air."

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

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."
(d) "I rise and rise."

5. In the fourth stanza, what kind of person does the speaker ask if "you" want her to be?
(a) Angry and afraid.
(b) Sad and meek.
(c) Distant and uninvolved.
(d) Tired and distracted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two things does the final stanza use to represent the past and present?

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

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first seven stanzas?

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

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