homage to my hips Quizzes

1 In which collection was this poem first published?

Good Woman

Blessing the Boats

Two-Headed Woman

The Book of Light
2 What is an homage?

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A musical plea for the return of a loved one

A warning

A public expression of admiration or respect
3 Describe this poem's relationship to irony.

It contains situational irony, since the speaker's hips are both a symbol of her freedom and a symbol of her fear

It contains verbal irony, since the speaker uses sarcasm to mimic those who want to oppress her

It contains very little irony, since the speaker is self-aware, sincere, and frank

It contains dramatic irony, since the speaker does not know that others judge her appearance
4 What is the definition of the word "petty"?

Soft or weak

Frivolous or trivial

Beautiful or pretty

Evil or scheming
5 How many lines are in this poem?

10

15

14

12
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?

"they need space to"

"i have known them"

"petty places. these hips"

"they don't like to be held back."
7 What is the poem's meter?

Trochaic pentameter

It has no set meter

Dactylic pentameter

Iambic pentameter
8 Why is this poem similar to an ode?

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration

It pays tribute to a specific object or person

It is short and irregular structurally

It is narrated by a first-person speaker in a conversational tone
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?

It describes the speaker's slow process of conforming to the norms of femininity

It describes its speaker's relationship to her femininity through her own body

It compares the speaker's experience of womanhood to those of her family and friends

It details the way that the speaker has been shamed for her femininity
10 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker?

Confident

Enthusiastic

Melancholy

Proud
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

AABBCCDD

ABBACDDC

ABABCDCDEFEF

It has no regular rhyme scheme
12 Which of the following is a theme of this work?

Science and technology

Motherhood

Race and racism

Memory
13 The phrase "these hips / are free hips" prominently contains which device?

Metaphor

Enjambment

Metonymy

Understatement
14 What function do the the alliterative "P" sounds in the phrase "petty places" serve?

To suggest that these places are also associated with traditional femininity

To hint that these real-life places start with P sounds

To mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?

Assonance

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole
16 When was this poem published?

1980

1991

1976

2003
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?

"these hips have never been enslaved"

"they need space to / move around in."

"these hips are mighty hips. / these hips are magic hips."

"put a spell on a man and/spin him like a top!"
18 How is assonance most often used in this poem?

To create a sense of fluidity and speed through the repetition of various vowels

To emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound

To convey drama and suspense by repeating long, deep vowel sounds

To suggest the speaker's secret doubts through low, sepulchral OO sounds
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?

Her conventional beauty

Her physical pain

Her maternal calling

Her power and freedom
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?

Spenserian

Irregular

Pindaric

Horatian
21 Which of the following accurately describes this poem's tone?

Vicious

Meditative

Self-assured

Robotic
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?

She is a ghost

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a young girl in colonial America
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?

Strength

Largeness

Shyness

Freedom
24 The phrase "they do what they want to do" is an example of what?

Personification

End rhyme

Archaism

Enjambment
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

1

4

3

2

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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