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2.2. Tick the correct option.

a. The speaker in the poem represents ………………………..

a wealthy man the black men an oil merchant

b. ‘Shoulders falling down like teardrops’ represents the condition
of being ………………….

broken excited excluded
c. The speaker looks ……………………. in nature.

suppressed defiant rebellion
d. The speaker will rise like ……………………….

air dust both

e. The past of the speaker is rooted in ………………………
gold mines pain glory

f. The speaker will no more be facing the nights of ……………………

drink and dance torch and headlight fear and terror
2.3. Answer the following questions.

a. How would the people write the speaker down in history?
b. What makes the people beset with gloom?

c. What would they use to kill the speaker?
d. How does the speaker laugh?

e. What was the gift the speaker received from the ancestors?
f. Describe the character of the speaker in five sentences.

2.4. Know the poet.

Maya Angelou is an acclaimed American poet, essayist,
editor, civil right activist and film director. She was born on
April 4, 1928 in Missouri, United States. She is one of the
greatest poet and most versatile women of all times. She
has a number of best-selling and most –read books in her
name during her fifty years in literature. She has more than
fifty honorary degrees and has received the highest civilian
award of the US. She died on May 28, 2014.

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