homage to my hips Quizzes

1 In which collection was this poem first published?

The Book of Light

Two-Headed Woman

Good Woman

Blessing the Boats
2 What is an homage?

A warning

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A public expression of admiration or respect

A musical plea for the return of a loved one
3 Describe this poem's relationship to irony.

It contains dramatic irony, since the speaker does not know that others judge her appearance

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

Soft or weak

Beautiful or pretty

Frivolous or trivial

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

10

12

15

14
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?

"they need space to"

"i have known them"

"petty places. these hips"

"they don't like to be held back."
7 What is the poem's meter?

It has no set meter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter

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

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

It pays tribute to a specific object or person

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 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?

Proud

Enthusiastic

Melancholy

Confident
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDC

ABABCDCDEFEF

It has no regular rhyme scheme

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

Memory

Motherhood

Race and racism

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

Enjambment

Understatement

Metonymy

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

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

Simile

Assonance

Personification
16 When was this poem published?

1976

1991

2003

1980
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?

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

"they need space to / move around in."

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

To convey drama and suspense by repeating long, deep vowel sounds

To create a sense of fluidity and speed through the repetition of various vowels
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?

Her physical pain

Her power and freedom

Her conventional beauty

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

Irregular

Pindaric

Spenserian

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

Robotic

Meditative

Vicious

Self-assured
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a ghost

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world
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?

Enjambment

Archaism

End rhyme

Personification
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

4

2

3

1

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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