homage to my hips Quizzes

homage to my hips Quiz

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 warning

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
3 Describe this poem's relationship to irony.
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

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
4 What is the definition of the word "petty"?
Beautiful or pretty

Frivolous or trivial

Soft or weak

Evil or scheming
5 How many lines are in this poem?
10

12

14

15
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"they need space to"

"petty places. these hips"

"i have known them"

"they don't like to be held back."
7 What is the poem's meter?
It has no set meter

Trochaic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter

Iambic pentameter
8 Why is this poem similar to an ode?
It is short and irregular structurally

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration

It is narrated by a first-person speaker in a conversational tone

It pays tribute to a specific object or person
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 details the way that the speaker has been shamed for her femininity

It describes its speaker's relationship to her femininity through her own body
10 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker?
Proud

Confident

Melancholy

Enthusiastic
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABBCCDD

ABBACDDC

It has no regular rhyme scheme

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

Memory

Science and technology

Race and racism
13 The phrase "these hips / are free hips" prominently contains which device?
Enjambment

Metaphor

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 mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic

To hint that these real-life places start with P sounds
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?
Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

Assonance
16 When was this poem published?
2003

1991

1980

1976
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"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!"

"these hips have never been enslaved"
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 suggest the speaker's secret doubts through low, sepulchral OO sounds

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

To convey drama and suspense by repeating long, deep vowel sounds
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?
Her physical pain

Her maternal calling

Her conventional beauty

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

Pindaric

Irregular

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

Vicious

Robotic

Meditative
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?
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

She is a ghost
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?
Freedom

Strength

Largeness

Shyness
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?
1

3

2

4

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