homage to my hips Quizzes

1 In which collection was this poem first published?

Good Woman

The Book of Light

Two-Headed Woman

Blessing the Boats
2 What is an homage?

A warning

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
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 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"?

Beautiful or pretty

Evil or scheming

Soft or weak

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

10

14

15

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?

Trochaic pentameter

It has no set meter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic 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 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

Enthusiastic

Confident

Proud
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?

Science and technology

Memory

Motherhood

Race and racism
13 The phrase "these hips / are free hips" prominently contains which device?

Metaphor

Understatement

Enjambment

Metonymy
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 suggest that these places are also associated with traditional femininity

To mimic the small, unforgiving places with quick, sharp consonants

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?

1980

2003

1976

1991
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!"

"these hips have never been enslaved"

"they need space to / move around in."
18 How is assonance most often used in this poem?

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

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 emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?

Her maternal calling

Her power and freedom

Her physical pain

Her conventional beauty
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?

Irregular

Horatian

Spenserian

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 Black woman in the twentieth century

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a ghost

She is a young girl in colonial America
23 Which of the following is NOT a trait the speaker associates with her hips?

Largeness

Strength

Freedom

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

Archaism

Personification

End rhyme

Enjambment
25 How many stanzas are in the poem?

3

4

1

2

homage to my hips

by Lucille Clifton

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