homage to my hips Quizzes

homage to my hips Quiz

1 In which collection was this poem first published?
The Book of Light

Blessing the Boats

Good Woman

Two-Headed Woman
2 What is an homage?
A musical plea for the return of a loved one

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A public expression of admiration or respect

A warning
3 Describe this poem's relationship to irony.
It contains dramatic irony, since the speaker does not know that others judge her appearance

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

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

It contains verbal irony, since the speaker uses sarcasm to mimic those who want to oppress her
4 What is the definition of the word "petty"?
Evil or scheming

Frivolous or trivial

Beautiful or pretty

Soft or weak
5 How many lines are in this poem?
12

10

14

15
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"i have known them"

"they don't like to be held back."

"they need space to"

"petty places. these hips"
7 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

It has no set meter

Dactylic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter
8 Why is this poem similar to an ode?
It is narrated by a first-person speaker in a conversational tone

It is short and irregular structurally

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration

It pays tribute to a specific object or person
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?
It describes its speaker's relationship to her femininity through her own body

It details the way that the speaker has been shamed for her femininity

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

It compares the speaker's experience of womanhood to those of her family and friends
10 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker?
Proud

Enthusiastic

Melancholy

Confident
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABABCDCDEFEF

AABBCCDD

ABBACDDC
12 Which of the following is a theme of this work?
Science and technology

Memory

Race and racism

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

Metonymy

Understatement

Enjambment
14 What function do the the alliterative "P" sounds in the phrase "petty places" serve?
To hint that these real-life places start with P sounds

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic

To suggest that these places are also associated with traditional femininity

To mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?
Hyperbole

Assonance

Simile

Personification
16 When was this poem published?
2003

1991

1976

1980
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"put a spell on a man and/spin him like a top!"

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

"they need space to / move around in."

"these hips have never been enslaved"
18 How is assonance most often used in this poem?
To convey drama and suspense by repeating long, deep vowel sounds

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

To suggest the speaker's secret doubts through low, sepulchral OO sounds

To emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?
Her conventional beauty

Her power and freedom

Her physical pain

Her maternal calling
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?
Irregular

Spenserian

Pindaric

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

Robotic

Meditative

Vicious
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 young girl in colonial America

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?
Strength

Freedom

Shyness

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

Archaism

End rhyme

Enjambment
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?
3

2

4

1

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