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 musical plea for the return of a loved one

A warning

A public expression of admiration or respect

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home
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 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 situational irony, since the speaker's hips are both a symbol of her freedom and a symbol of her fear
4 What is the definition of the word "petty"?

Soft or weak

Evil or scheming

Beautiful or pretty

Frivolous or trivial
5 How many lines are in this poem?

15

10

14

12
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?

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

"petty places. these hips"

"i have known them"

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

Dactylic pentameter

It has no set meter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter
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 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?

Confident

Proud

Enthusiastic

Melancholy
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?

Race and racism

Science and technology

Memory

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

Enjambment

Metaphor

Understatement

Metonymy
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 suggest that these places are also associated with traditional femininity

To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?

Hyperbole

Personification

Assonance

Simile
16 When was this poem published?

1976

1991

2003

1980
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?

"these hips have never been enslaved"

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

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

"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 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
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?

Her power and freedom

Her conventional beauty

Her physical pain

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

Horatian

Spenserian

Irregular

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

Vicious

Meditative

Self-assured

Robotic
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?

She is a ghost

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?

Largeness

Shyness

Strength

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

Enjambment

Archaism

Personification

End rhyme
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

3

2

4

1

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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