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R&R - Still I Rise

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote this poem?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
Mrs. Brown
c)
Maya Angelou
d)
Langston Hughes
2.
What is the poem mainly about?
a)
It's about a lady still rising.
b)
It's about a lady who is falling.
c)
It's about a lady who is experiencing segregation.
d)
None of the above
3.

Even the title "Still I Rise," implies that the mood will most likely be which of the following?

a)

sorrowful

b)

discouraged

c)

ecstatic

d)

inspiring

4.

"But still, like air, I'll rise," this line is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

personification

5.

"I'm a black ocean," this quote is which type of figurative language?

a)

personfication

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

6.

Read the stanza from the poem.

'Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise. "

Why does she repeat "I rise?"

a)

To emphasise.

b)

To understate.

c)

To depreciate.

d)

To forget.

7.

"Out of the huts of history's shame," this quote is which of the following?

a)

An allusion of segregation

b)

An allusion of slavery

c)

simile about her life

d)

a metaphor about Africa

8.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most famous speech is ______________. 
a)
I have a dream.....
b)
I have a problem...
c)
I have one wish...
d)
I have an argument...
9.

The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Segregation

d)

Desegregation

10.

What did Angelou's poetry also benefit from?

a)

Her ability to dance to her poems

b)

Her ability to perform and read her poems aloud

c)

Her ability to sing her poems

d)

Her ability to edit her poems