1 What poetic form does "Caged Bird" use? Haiku Iambic pentameter Free verse Sonnet 2 Who wrote "Caged Bird"? The speaker Maya Angelou Paul Laurence Dunbar James Baldwin 3 Who narrates "Caged Bird"? The caged bird The free bird An unidentified speaker Maya Angelou 4 How many stanzas does "Caged Bird" contain? Seven One Six Five 5 How many punctuated sentences does "Caged Bird" contain? Two Six One Five 6 The line "The caged bird sings" follows what meter? Anapestic dimeter Trochaic tetrameter Iambic dimeter Iambic tetrameter 7 What poem inspired the premise of "Caged Bird"? "Sympathy" "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" "The Second Coming" None of these 8 "Bars of rage" is an example of what literary device? Dramatic Irony Simile Metaphor Olfactory Imagery 9 What happens when a bird's wings are clipped? It can't fly above thirty feet in the air Nothing It dies It cannot take flight 10 Which of the birds does the speaker most sympathize with? The speaker doesn't exist The free bird The caged bird The speaker dislikes them both 11 "On the back of the wind" uses what literary device? Personification Simile Auditory Imagery Irony 12 The line endings "lawn" and "own" amount to what literary device? Rhyme Parallelism Metonymy Slant rhyme 13 Which bird is depicted singing? The free bird The caged bird Both birds Neither bird 14 According to the speaker, why does the bird sing? To speak with the free bird Because he is happy to eat worms Because of his oppressive confinement No reason 15 Which stanza repeats at the end of the poem? Stanza 2 Stanza 1 Stanza 3 No stanza repeats 16 What emotion does the speaker attribute to the sound of the bird's song? Gratefulness Indifference Fear Joy 17 "On a dawn bright lawn" uses what literary device? End rhyme Metaphor Internal rhyme Simile 18 What attitude does the speaker attribute to the free bird? Bitterness Entitlement Anxiety Envy 19 In the poem, what is the "grave of dreams"? The graveyard where the caged bird lives The caged bird's perch The free bird's nest The government 20 What physical movement does the caged bird do before singing? Drinks water Pecks his mirror Opens his throat Spins in a circle 21 "A free bird leaps ... and floats downstream" is an example of what literary device? Simile Auditory imagery Kinesthetic imagery Olfactory imagery 22 To where does the bird's song reach? The windowsill Buffalo Bill The bucket of swill The distant hill 23 What word does Angelou use to describe the bird's cage? Narrow Spacious Open Small 24 In addition to the cage and clipped wings, what is mentioned in the poem as binding the caged bird? His owner His soul His tied feet His mental state 25 "Caged Bird" is most often interpreted as an allegory for what? There is no hidden moral or political meaning to the poem The perils of bird ownership Environmental activism A comparison between the relative freedom of white and Black Americans
