homage to my hips Quizzes

homage to my hips Quiz

1 In which collection was this poem first published?
Blessing the Boats

The Book of Light

Two-Headed Woman

Good Woman
2 What is an homage?
A public expression of admiration or respect

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A warning

A musical plea for the return of a loved one
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"?
Frivolous or trivial

Evil or scheming

Soft or weak

Beautiful or pretty
5 How many lines are in this poem?
12

14

10

15
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"they don't like to be held back."

"i have known them"

"they need space to"

"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 pays tribute to a specific object or person

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

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration

It is short and irregular structurally
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?
It describes its speaker's relationship to her femininity through her own body

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

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

Enthusiastic

Melancholy

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

ABABCDCDEFEF

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABBACDDC
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?
Understatement

Enjambment

Metonymy

Metaphor
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 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
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?
Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

Assonance
16 When was this poem published?
1976

1991

2003

1980
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 emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound

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

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

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

Her physical pain

Her power and freedom

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

Horatian

Irregular

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

Meditative

Robotic

Vicious
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?
She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a ghost
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

End rhyme

Archaism

Enjambment
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?
4

3

2

1

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