homage to my hips Quizzes

homage to my hips Quiz

1 In which collection was this poem first published?
Two-Headed Woman

Blessing the Boats

Good Woman

The Book of Light
2 What is an homage?
A public expression of admiration or respect

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A musical plea for the return of a loved one

A warning
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"?
Evil or scheming

Frivolous or trivial

Beautiful or pretty

Soft or weak
5 How many lines are in this poem?
14

10

12

15
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"i have known them"

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

"they need space to"

"petty places. these hips"
7 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter

It has no set meter

Dactylic pentameter
8 Why is this poem similar to an ode?
It is short and irregular structurally

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

Proud

Confident

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

AABBCCDD

ABABCDCDEFEF

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

Memory

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 mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants

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

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic

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

Hyperbole

Simile
16 When was this poem published?
2003

1980

1976

1991
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"they need space to / move around in."

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

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

"these hips have never been enslaved"
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 emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound

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

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

Horatian

Irregular

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

Robotic

Meditative

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

She is a ghost

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world
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?
Archaism

End rhyme

Enjambment

Personification
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?
3

4

2

1

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