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 musical plea for the return of a loved one

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 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

Evil or scheming

Beautiful or pretty

Frivolous or trivial
5 How many lines are in this poem?
10

15

12

14
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?
Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter

Dactylic pentameter

It has no set meter
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 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 compares the speaker's experience of womanhood to those of her family and friends

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

Enthusiastic

Confident

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

It has no regular rhyme scheme

AABBCCDD

ABBACDDC
12 Which of the following is a theme of this work?
Motherhood

Memory

Science and technology

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

Metonymy

Understatement

Metaphor
14 What function do the the alliterative "P" sounds in the phrase "petty places" serve?
To indicate that the speaker is being sarcastic

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

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification
16 When was this poem published?
2003

1976

1980

1991
17 Which of the following passages displays anaphora?
"these hips are mighty hips. / these hips are magic hips."

"these hips have never been enslaved"

"they need space to / move around in."

"put a spell on a man and/spin him like a top!"
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 convey drama and suspense by repeating long, deep vowel sounds

To emphasize the word "hips" through echoing its short I sound

To suggest the speaker's secret doubts through low, sepulchral OO sounds
19 What do the speaker's hips symbolize?
Her maternal calling

Her physical pain

Her conventional beauty

Her power and freedom
20 Which is NOT a type of ode?
Horatian

Irregular

Spenserian

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

Self-assured

Vicious

Meditative
22 Which is most likely true about the speaker?
She is a young girl in colonial America

She is a queen in the ancient Islamic world

She is a ghost

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

Shyness

Freedom

Strength
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?
2

4

1

3

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