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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) Endurance.
(b) Power.
(c) Persistence.
(d) Independence.

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

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

4. Which is the first stanza of the poem that is longer than four lines?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words create a refrain in the final two stanzas of the poem?

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

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

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

5. Where does the speaker say she obtained her gifts?

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