homage to my hips Quizzes

1 In which collection was this poem first published?

Two-Headed Woman

The Book of Light

Good Woman

Blessing the Boats
2 What is an homage?

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A public expression of admiration or respect

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 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"?

Beautiful or pretty

Soft or weak

Frivolous or trivial

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

12

10

15

14
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?

"petty places. these hips"

"i have known them"

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

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

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter

Trochaic 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 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 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?

Melancholy

Enthusiastic

Confident

Proud
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABBACDDC

AABBCCDD

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

Race and racism

Science and technology

Memory

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

Metaphor

Understatement

Enjambment

Metonymy
14 What function do the the alliterative "P" sounds in the phrase "petty places" serve?

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic

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

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

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

Personification

Assonance

Simile

Hyperbole
16 When was this poem published?

1980

1991

2003

1976
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?

"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!"

"they need space to / move around in."
18 How is assonance most often used in this poem?

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

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

Pindaric

Horatian

Irregular

Spenserian
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 ghost

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?

Shyness

Largeness

Freedom

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

Enjambment

Personification

End rhyme

Archaism
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

4

1

3

2

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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