What era did Maya Angelou live through that significantly influenced her writings?

Analyzing 'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The Renaissance era
The Victorian era
The Jim Crow era
The Elizabethan era
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which act is mentioned as granting equal rights on paper but not fully in practice?
The Declaration of Independence
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Magna Carta
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does the simile 'like dust, I'll rise' in the poem symbolize?
Invisibility
Resilience and defiance
Silence
Weakness
4.
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What rhetorical device is used when Angelou asks 'Does my sassiness upset you?'
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Rhetorical question
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How does Angelou describe her self-assurance despite not having wealth?
Like she has oil wells in her living room
Like she controls the seas
Like she owns vast lands
Like she possesses great treasures
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does Angelou compare her resilience to in the face of hatred?
Like a mountain unmovable
Like a tree standing tall
Like a river flowing
Like air rising
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What historical group is referenced as part of the oppression faced by African Americans?
The Red Cross
The Round Table
The Federalists
The Ku Klux Klan
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