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 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 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

It contains very little irony, since the speaker is self-aware, sincere, and frank
4 What is the definition of the word "petty"?
Frivolous or trivial

Soft or weak

Beautiful or pretty

Evil or scheming
5 How many lines are in this poem?
14

10

15

12
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"petty places. these hips"

"they need space to"

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

"i have known them"
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 is narrated by a first-person speaker in a conversational tone

It is short and irregular structurally

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?
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

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
10 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker?
Melancholy

Enthusiastic

Proud

Confident
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
It has no regular rhyme scheme

ABABCDCDEFEF

AABBCCDD

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

Memory

Race and racism

Science and technology
13 The phrase "these hips / are free hips" prominently contains which device?
Metonymy

Metaphor

Understatement

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

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

Hyperbole

Assonance

Personification
16 When was this poem published?
1991

1976

1980

2003
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"these hips are mighty hips. / these hips are magic hips."

"these hips have never been enslaved"

"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 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

To emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?
Her power and freedom

Her physical pain

Her conventional beauty

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

Pindaric

Spenserian

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

Self-assured

Meditative

Robotic
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?
She is a ghost

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
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?
Shyness

Strength

Largeness

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

End rhyme

Personification

Archaism
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?
4

3

2

1

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