homage to my hips Quizzes

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

Frivolous or trivial

Beautiful or pretty

Soft or weak

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

10

15

12

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?

Trochaic pentameter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter

It has no set meter
8 Why is this poem similar to an ode?

It is short and irregular structurally

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

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 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 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
10 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker?

Melancholy

Confident

Enthusiastic

Proud
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDC

AABBCCDD

ABABCDCDEFEF

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

Race and racism

Science and technology

Motherhood

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

Metaphor

Understatement

Metonymy

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

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

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

Assonance
16 When was this poem published?

1976

1980

2003

1991
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 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

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

Her physical pain

Her power and freedom

Her maternal calling

Her conventional beauty
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?

Pindaric

Spenserian

Horatian

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

Vicious

Self-assured

Robotic

Meditative
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a ghost

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

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

Freedom

Strength

Shyness

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

End rhyme

Enjambment

Personification

Archaism
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

4

1

2

3

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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