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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Gift Outright," Lines 1-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the implied antecedent of "our" and "we" in lines 1 and 2?
(a) Americans.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Colonists.
(d) Revolutionaries.

2. What does line 12 make clear is the "Gift" in the title "The Gift Outright"?
(a) Americans themselves.
(b) Surrender and salvation.
(c) Freedom from England.
(d) The land Americans live on.

3. What technique is used in the line "Such as she was, such as she would become" (line 16)?
(a) Anadiplosis.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anaphora.

4. According to the poem's second sentence, how did "we" find "salvation"?
(a) By realizing our own weakness.
(b) By finding the courage to fight England.
(c) By fully surrendering ourselves to the land.
(d) By dedicating ourselves to the Christian God.

5. Which is the primary definition of "still" being used in the expression "still colonials" in line 5?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Unmoving.
(c) Continuing to be.
(d) Nevertheless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "unstoried, artless, unenhanced" (line 15)?

2. What techniques are used in the lines "Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,/ Possessed by what we now no more possessed" (lines 6-7)?

3. In line 15, what is the speaker calling "unstoried, artless, unenhanced"?

4. What technique is used in line 10, "We were withholding from our land of living"?

5. Who is the author of "The Gift Outright"?

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