homage to my hips Quizzes

1 In which collection was this poem first published?

The Book of Light

Good Woman

Two-Headed Woman

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

It contains dramatic irony, since the speaker does not know that others judge her appearance

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"?

Soft or weak

Evil or scheming

Frivolous or trivial

Beautiful or pretty
5 How many lines are in this poem?

12

10

15

14
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?

"i have known them"

"they need space to"

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

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

Dactylic pentameter

It has no set meter

Trochaic pentameter

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

It pays tribute to a specific object or person

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
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?

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

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

Proud

Confident

Enthusiastic

Melancholy
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

AABBCCDD

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABBACDDC

ABABCDCDEFEF
12 Which of the following is a theme of this work?

Race and racism

Motherhood

Memory

Science and technology
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 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?

Simile

Personification

Assonance

Hyperbole
16 When was this poem published?

1980

1976

1991

2003
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?

"they need space to / move around in."

"these hips have never been enslaved"

"put a spell on a man and/spin him like a top!"

"these hips are mighty hips. / these hips are magic hips."
18 How is assonance most often used in this poem?

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

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

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
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?

Her conventional beauty

Her maternal calling

Her power and freedom

Her physical pain
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?

Spenserian

Horatian

Irregular

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

Meditative

Self-assured

Vicious

Robotic
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a ghost

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?

Freedom

Largeness

Strength

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

Enjambment

Personification

Archaism

End rhyme
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

4

1

3

2

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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