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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. In line 15, what is the speaker calling "unstoried, artless, unenhanced"?
(a) The American land.
(b) The history of the United States.
(c) The American people.
(d) The wars fought to secure land.

2. What is the antecedent of "it" in the phrase "it was ourselves" (line 9)?
(a) "Still colonials" (line 5).
(b) "Something we were withholding" (line 8).
(c) "What we still were unpossessed by" (line 6).
(d) "What we now no more possessed" (line 7).

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the implied antecedent of "our" and "we" in lines 1 and 2?

2. What technique is used in the line "Such as she was, such as she would become" (line 16)?

3. 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)?

4. Which term most accurately describes the meter of "The Gift Outright"?

5. Which technique is used in the first line, "The land was ours before we were the land’s"?

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