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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. Who is the author of "Still I Rise"?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Nikki Giovanni.

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

3. What technique is used in line 29, "Out of the huts of history’s shame"?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in line 21, "You may shoot me with your words"?

4. What is the primary quality that the speaker's stanza eight description of a body of water is intended to convey?

5. What kind of "certainty" does the speaker claim to have in line 10?

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