homage to my hips Quizzes

homage to my hips Quiz

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

The Book of Light

Blessing the Boats

Good Woman
2 What is an homage?
A public expression of admiration or respect

A warning

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

A musical plea for the return of a loved one
3 Describe this poem's relationship to irony.
It contains very little irony, since the speaker is self-aware, sincere, and frank

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 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

Evil or scheming

Frivolous or trivial

Soft or weak
5 How many lines are in this poem?
10

12

15

14
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"i have known them"

"they need space to"

"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 is short and irregular structurally

It pays tribute to a specific object or person

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

Proud

Enthusiastic

Melancholy
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDC

ABABCDCDEFEF

AABBCCDD

It has no regular rhyme scheme
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?
Metaphor

Enjambment

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 mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants

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?
Hyperbole

Simile

Personification

Assonance
16 When was this poem published?
2003

1991

1980

1976
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"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."

"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 create a sense of fluidity and speed through the repetition of various vowels

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 power and freedom

Her maternal calling

Her conventional beauty

Her physical pain
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?
Spenserian

Irregular

Pindaric

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

Robotic

Vicious

Meditative
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?
She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a ghost

She is a young girl in colonial America

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

Freedom

Strength

Shyness
24 The phrase "they do what they want to do" is an example of what?
End rhyme

Archaism

Personification

Enjambment
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?
1

3

2

4

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