homage to my hips Quizzes

homage to my hips Quiz

1 In which collection was this poem first published?
Blessing the Boats

Good Woman

The Book of Light

Two-Headed Woman
2 What is an homage?
A musical plea for the return of a loved one

A public expression of admiration or respect

A poem intended to be delivered out loud at home

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 verbal irony, since the speaker uses sarcasm to mimic those who want to oppress her

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
4 What is the definition of the word "petty"?
Soft or weak

Frivolous or trivial

Evil or scheming

Beautiful or pretty
5 How many lines are in this poem?
15

14

10

12
6 Which of these lines is end-stopped?
"they need space to"

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

"petty places. these hips"

"i have known them"
7 What is the poem's meter?
Dactylic pentameter

It has no set meter

Trochaic pentameter

Iambic pentameter
8 Why is this poem similar to an ode?
It pays tribute to a specific object or person

It is short and irregular structurally

It uses lots of musical devices like alliteration

It is narrated by a first-person speaker in a conversational tone
9 How does this poem address the theme of gender?
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 describes its speaker's relationship to her femininity through her own body

It details the way that the speaker has been shamed for her femininity
10 Which of the following does NOT describe the speaker?
Proud

Confident

Melancholy

Enthusiastic
11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABABCDCDEFEF

ABBACDDC

AABBCCDD

It has no regular rhyme scheme
12 Which of the following is a theme of this work?
Race and racism

Memory

Motherhood

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

Enjambment

Understatement

Metonymy
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 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
15 The phrase "spin him like a top" contains which of the following?
Personification

Assonance

Simile

Hyperbole
16 When was this poem published?
1991

2003

1980

1976
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"they need space to / move around in."

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

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

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

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

To emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?
Her power and freedom

Her conventional beauty

Her maternal calling

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

Horatian

Spenserian

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

Meditative

Robotic

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

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a ghost
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?
Strength

Shyness

Largeness

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

Enjambment

End rhyme

Personification
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?
2

4

3

1

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