This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In stanza 2, Maya Angelou uses alliteration. What is alliteration? A) When the last part of the word is the same. B) When words with the same starting letter are close together in a line. C) When words are written again and again. D) When words rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When words with the same starting letter are close together in a line. 2. The Greek sailor was named A) Tosh anglou. B) Max angelou. C) Jerry angelou. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tosh anglou. 3. Why is Maya considered a civil rights activist? A) She was a freelance writer. B) She was always active with jobs such as fry cook, waitress, cable car conductor, editor, and many more!. C) She acted in many plays, movies, and TV shows. D) She worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in the 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in the 1960s. 4. What is the poem talking about? A) Parents. B) Friends. C) Senior citizens. D) Teenagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Senior citizens. 5. What is the name of Maya Angelou's father? A) Bailey Johnon. B) Bailey Johnson. C) Bailey Johson. D) Baley Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bailey Johnson. 6. Who was Maya Angelou's closest family member and friend growing up? A) Her mother. B) Her grandmother. C) Her brother Bailey. D) Her uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her brother Bailey. 7. Angelou's grandmother got her business started by ..... A) Cooking and doing laundry for rich people. B) Getting a small loan from the local bank. C) Setting up a mobile lunch counter. D) Having her grandchildren sell her meat pies door-to-door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting up a mobile lunch counter. 8. Which of the following is NOT a central idea of this poem. A) The world is a diverse family who shares many similarities of being human. B) No matter what happens, we can make it through the hard times. C) The human family is a way to see our similarities instead of our differences. D) We are more alike than we are unalike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No matter what happens, we can make it through the hard times. 9. In stanza 3, what do "brown and pink and beige and purple, tan and blue and white" symbolize? A) Emotions. B) Different races. C) Descriptions of cultures. D) Colors of the rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different races. 10. What does the caged bird symbolize? A) Happiness. B) Freedom. C) People are in jail. D) Restrictive movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restrictive movement. 11. What kind of question does the speaker pose to her audience in the two following lines from "Still I Rise?" Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you beset with gloom? A) Rhizomatic. B) Rhapsodical. C) Rhetorical. D) Rheumatoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical. 12. Where does the clip show Maya Angelou? A) The White House. B) Las Vegas. C) The Angels. D) New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The White House. 13. In Maya Angelou's writings, what is the connotation of the word 'courage'? A) Fear and weakness. B) Cowardice and vulnerability. C) Timidity and fragility. D) Bravery and strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bravery and strength. 14. The poem also often uses [ ..... ]and imperfect rhymes A) Walking rhyme. B) Eye rhyme. C) Slant rhymes. D) Rich rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slant rhymes. 15. What kind of work did Maya Angelou NOT do when she was young? A) Streetcar conductor. B) Mechanic. C) Dancer. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanic. 16. Was she afraid of anything? A) Yes. B) NOOOO. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NOOOO. 17. "The snow is a white blanket" is a ..... because it compares the snow to a blanket. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. What Impact do these devices have on the meaning? A) Emphasizes the story. B) Don't have a impact. C) Strengthens the narrative. D) Prompts a reflection on humanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasizes the story. 19. What claim is the poet making? A) Captivity is good as freedom when you have everything you need. B) Dream gives you freedom. C) Oppression is not a big deal as long as you have dreams. D) Captivity, no matter how conformable, is not freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captivity, no matter how conformable, is not freedom. 20. What does the receptionist tell her? A) She can have a job. B) She can't have the job because of her race. C) She can have an interview. D) They are only taking applicants from agencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are only taking applicants from agencies. 21. "Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room" is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 22. Which line of the poem shows that the caged bird has never been free? A) "his wings are clipped and / his feet are tied / so he opens his throat to sing." (lines 12-14). B) "his tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings for freedom." (lines 19-22). C) "The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still" (lines 31-34). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still" (lines 31-34). 23. Average. How many orbitals are in the third principal energy level? A) 6. B) 3. C) 9. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 24. How was Maya's family treated? A) They were treated unfairly. B) They were treated as favorites. C) They were treated friendly. D) They were treated fairly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were treated unfairly. 25. Which of the following has a comma splice? A) Langston Hughes lived through the Harlem Renaissance, Maya Angelou lived in Harlem later. B) Langston Hughes wrote jazz poetry, and Maya Angelou wrote autobiographical poetry. C) Langston Hughes was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and so was Maya Angelou. D) Although Langston Hughes was older than Maya Angelou, he shared many of her same values. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes lived through the Harlem Renaissance, Maya Angelou lived in Harlem later. 26. What allegorical device does the speaker use in lines 1 and 3 in the following stanza from "Still I Rise?" Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Extended metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 27. Vincent Van Gogh had an older brother who died at birth. What was his name? A) Alfred. B) Pierre. C) Vincent. D) Piet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vincent. 28. Average. The mass of an object varies depending on the gravitational force. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 29. In the essay "Style, " which two qualities are identified as the greatest proof of style? A) Attitude and bravery. B) Good manners and tolerance. C) Honesty and good manners. D) Tolerance and attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good manners and tolerance. 30. True or False:Maya Angelou worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and his organization in the early part of the Civil Rights movement. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. What job did Maya Angelou want to have? A) Waitress. B) Receptionist. C) Streetcar conductorette. D) Streetcar driver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Streetcar conductorette. 32. James Brown was more than an amazing musician; his ..... lives on in all of the music he has influenced. A) Memoir. B) Legacy. C) Imagery. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legacy. 33. Why did Angelou stop speaking for five years? A) She didn't like the sound of her voice. B) She was ashamed that she had no formal education. C) She wanted to become a professional singer. D) She was afraid of the power of her words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was afraid of the power of her words. 34. What was the title of the book Maya published in 1969? A) On the Pulse of Morning. B) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. C) Life Doesn't Frighten Me. D) Georgia, Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 35. A person's ability to recover or grow strong again. A) Resilience. B) Metaphor. C) Memoir. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resilience. 36. In both Maya Angelou's poem and Lou Gehrig's speech, what do they express gratitude for? A) Extraordinary baseball achievements. B) Liberation through love. C) Opportunities and experiences in life. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opportunities and experiences in life. 37. The first quarter with Maya Angelou on it is already in circulation. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. She left the company to ..... her own business. A) Set up. B) Start up. C) Pick up. D) Give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Set up. 39. When was Maya Angelou was born A) April 4, 1928. B) July 30, 2018. C) November 9, 2004. D) September 1, 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 4, 1928. 40. Glow is to radiance as ..... is to atmosphere. A) Aristocrat. B) Aura. C) Sophistication. D) Essence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aura. 41. What was the great honor that Maya Angelou received in 1993? A) She was asked to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. B) She published her first book. C) She was able to speak again. D) She moved in with her grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was asked to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. 42. What is Angelou's goal? A) Get a job. B) Form a family. C) Finish the school. D) Get marry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get a job. 43. After their parents split up, Grandma held them downThrough the mix up, while they drown in a sea of grief.That's a(n) ..... , using words figuratively A) Metaphor. B) Autobiography. C) Legacy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 44. What does the word 'supercilious' mean? A) Acting like a clown. B) Not trusting people. C) Acting as if you are superior to others. D) Being super silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acting as if you are superior to others. 45. In "At Harvesttime, " what does Angelou propose is a life principle that cannot be changed? A) Two wrongs do not make a right. B) Kindness is infectious. C) People will reap what they sow. D) Hard work is important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People will reap what they sow. 46. What was the name of Maya Angelou's first autobiography that told the story of her life up to the age of seventeen? A) Seventeen Years of My Life. B) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. C) Time Stands Still. D) The Edge of Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 47. What did Maya create since she enjoyed writing? A) A test. B) A book. C) A cookbook. D) A bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A book. 48. The caged bird in Maya Angelou's Caged Bird is ..... A) Alliterative. B) Onomatopoeic. C) Symbolic. D) Hyperbolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic. 49. The civil rights movement was A) Composed of a loosely organized group of people who helped slaves escape. B) A science experiment. C) A nonviolent social and political movement from 1954 to 1968 that worked to end segregation and discrimination. D) A social experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nonviolent social and political movement from 1954 to 1968 that worked to end segregation and discrimination. 50. What can you infer about the speaker's reaction to the boys in her class? A) She thinks she might scream. B) She thinks they are afraid of snakes. C) She won't let them scare her. D) She thinks they are unkind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She won't let them scare her. 51. The prefix "re"-means A) Again or back. B) After. C) During. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again or back. 52. Give the most THEME of the work A) Discrimination. B) Sorting out black people from whites. C) Abuse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discrimination. 53. What happened in 1959? A) She graduated from Lafayette County Training School. B) She was the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. C) Her parents got divorced and went to live with her grandma. D) She wrote her best known autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 54. Which of the following is a list of subordinating conjunctions? A) For, and, nor. B) Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia. C) Because, if, when. D) On, up, down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because, if, when. 55. '' Does my sassiness upset you?" is example of A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Pun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 56. How may siblings did Maya have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 57. Rhyme Scheme is a ..... of rhyming words in a poem. A) Repetition. B) Personification. C) Pattern. D) Simile or Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern. 58. She also won the Literarian Award in what year? A) 1992. B) 1993. C) 1994. D) 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1993. 59. How old was Maya Angelou when she passed away? A) 80. B) 86. C) 92. D) 73. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 86. 60. In stanza 1, what idea does Maya Angelou convey by using the words "serious" and "comedy" ? A) Life is entertainment. B) These are opposite ways people act. C) People make different facial expressions. D) People have different personalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People have different personalities. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesMaya Angelou Quiz 1Maya Angelou Quiz 2Maya Angelou Quiz 4Maya Angelou Quiz 5Maya Angelou Quiz 6Maya Angelou Quiz 7Maya Angelou Quiz 8Maya Angelou Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books