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

2. Which is the most logical description of who "You" is in line 1?
(a) Scholars and critics.
(b) People of the past.
(c) A romantic partner.
(d) An unnamed oppressor.

3. Which technique is used in line 9, "Just like moons and like suns"?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Euphemism.

4. What technique is used in lines 7 and 8, "’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/ Pumping in my living room"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

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

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

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