Harlem Hopscotch Quizzes

Harlem Hopscotch Quiz

1 How does the poem explore the theme of childhood?
By using incomplete, childlike sentences

By having the speaker be a young child addressing adults

By juxtaposing a children's game with adult realities

By describing the childlike look of the speaker's adult parents
2 Most of this poem is written in _____
Anapests

trochees

Dactyls

Iambs
3 How many lines does this poem have?
12

18

6

14
4 At what point did Harlem become a primarily African American area?
The Civil War

The late 18th century

The early 20th century

World War II
5 Which of these lines contains a caesura?
That's what hopping's all about

Everybody for hisself

Another jump, now to the left

Curse and cry and then jump two
6 What does Harlem symbolize in this poem?
Racial inequality

Artistic development

Family history

Cultural diversity
7 Who inhabited Manhattan prior to European settlement?
The Lenape

The Houma

The Lakota

Manhattan was uninhabited
8 What can hopscotch best be said to symbolize in this poem?
The joy that can be found in spite of racism

Childhood

The artistic and imaginative motivation that can be found in formal limitation

The maneuvers and norms Black people feel obliged to follow
9 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "Curse and cry and then jump two."
R

C

T

S
10 What type of stanzas does this poem contain?
Two tercets and three couplets

A sextet and an octave

Quatrains and a couplet

Four quintains
11 What is the meter of the poem's final line?
Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter

Trochaic pentameter
12 Which poetic device plays the most prominent role in this poem?
Personification

Simile

Ekphrasis

Extended metaphor
13 Which of the following does the poem imply about racism and poverty?
That the two forces are inextricable from each other

That getting out of poverty can compensate for being a victim of racism

That there is only a minor relationship between these issues

That racism is a much bigger problem than poverty
14 In which way does this poem differ from a traditional English sonnet?
Its length

Its volta

Its meter

Its use of metaphor
15 What is most likely meant by the phrase "Good things for the ones that's got."?
That people who have won one game of hopscotch have an advantage in the next

That kind and generous people will end up reaping rewards

People who already have good things will obtain more of them

That the speaker is distributing good things to people who will pay for them
16 For two centuries after Europeans arrived, what was Harlem used for?
Religious sites like monasteries

Military defenses

Agricultural land

Commercial development
17 Which word does NOT describe the poem's tone?
Commanding

Critical

Thoughtful

Tender
18 Which sound creates assonance in the line "One foot down, then hop! It's hot."
N

P

O

F
19 How is the poem's premise an example of understatement?
It understates the effects of racism and poverty by comparing them to a game

It understates the dangers of the speaker's life by indicating that they are very young

It understates the speaker's victory through a modest tone

It understates the stakes of the game by not revealing how close the speaker is to losing
20 Where does the poem take place?
New York

New Orleans

Los Angeles

Alabama
21 Which of the following is an example of situational irony?
The players' decision to play hopscotch as a team sport

The revelation that the speaker is not in Harlem at all

The speaker's sarcasm when reassuring the other players

The speaker's assertion that exiting the game is a way to win it
22 What is this poem's rhyme scheme?
ABA CAC AB AC

AABBCCDDEEFFGG

AAABB AAABB CDCCC CDCCC ABCDA

ABABA CDCDC EE
23 Where is this poem's volta?
After the sixth line

After the third line

After the eighth line

After the twelfth line
24 What does the line in the game symbolize?
The loving restrictions of a family home

The boundaries the speaker must create with overbearing friends

The limits on socially acceptable behavior for Black people

The edge of Harlem and the start of non-Black areas in Manhattan
25 By using hopscotch as an extended metaphor, which of the following does Angelou imply?
That Harlem's families are too poor to afford new toys

That children should not play dangerous games

That the norms governing race and class are arbitrary, restrictive, and ridiculous

That racism, despite its problems, can sometimes seem like an enjoyable game

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