homage to my hips Quizzes

1 In which collection was this poem first published?

Blessing the Boats

Good Woman

The Book of Light

Two-Headed Woman
2 What is an homage?

A musical plea for the return of a loved one

A public expression of admiration or respect

A warning

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home
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 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

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"?

Beautiful or pretty

Frivolous or trivial

Evil or scheming

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

15

10

12

14
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?

"i have known them"

"petty places. these hips"

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

"they need space to"
7 What is the poem's meter?

It has no set meter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter

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

It pays tribute to a specific object or person

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration

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

It is short and irregular structurally
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?

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

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

Enthusiastic

Proud

Confident

Melancholy
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?

Memory

Motherhood

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 hint that these real-life places start with P sounds

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic

To mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants

To suggest that these places are also associated with traditional femininity
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

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 have never been enslaved"

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

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

Her conventional beauty

Her maternal calling

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

Irregular

Pindaric

Horatian

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

Meditative

Self-assured

Robotic

Vicious
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

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?

Shyness

Freedom

Strength

Largeness
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

2

1

3

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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