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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. Which is the best definition of "beset" in line 6?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Troubled.
(c) Cradled.
(d) Decorated.

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

3. What techniques are used in line 19, "’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines"?
(a) Alliteration and assonance.
(b) Assonance and sibilance.
(c) Sibilance and onomatopoeia.
(d) Onomatopoeia and alliteration.

4. Why is the speaker's past "rooted in pain" (line 32)?
(a) Because of bigotry and discrimination.
(b) Because no one appreciates her value.
(c) Because of the death of a loved one.
(d) Because she has been abandoned by someone she loves.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What technique does the first line of the poem, "You may write me down in history," introduce?

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