This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word trill most likely mean, based on its context in stanza 3? A) A peaceful song sung by a bird or insect. B) Another animal of a similar species. C) Strong, confident tone. D) Trembling or quivering sound made a bird or insect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trembling or quivering sound made a bird or insect. 2. When we discuss a certain poem who should we say is the narrator? A) The speaker. B) The authors bff. C) Frost. D) The author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker. 3. An inauguration is A) When people are set apart according to race. B) A revision of the constitution. C) A graduation ceremony. D) A ceremony that signifies the formal or official beginning of the U.S. President's term. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ceremony that signifies the formal or official beginning of the U.S. President's term. 4. They ..... in low voices in the corner, making me curious to hear what secrets they were sharing. A) Argumentative. B) Communed. C) Memoir. D) Qualified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communed. 5. Who was she working with in the civil rights movement? A) Harriet Tubman. B) Malala Youssefs. C) Rosa Parks. D) Martin Luther King Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martin Luther King Jr. 6. What was the name of Maya Angelou's first book? A) Georgia, Georgia. B) Miss Calypso. C) Letter to My Daughter. D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 7. Who is the protagonist of the poem? A) A white womwn. B) A white man. C) A black woman. D) A black man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A black woman. 8. The caged bird represents A) An animal who is locked up. B) The hope of the future. C) The loss of freedom and choice. D) Ignorance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The loss of freedom and choice. 9. How many autobiographies did Maya Angelou write? A) Five. B) Nine. C) Seven. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seven. 10. Who is pictured presenting Maya Angelou with an award? A) Donald Trump. B) George Bush. C) Barack Obama. D) Cardi B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barack Obama. 11. Why were some African American children sent from the North back to the South to live with their grandparents? A) The children would have better educational opportunities in the South. B) There were more jobs in the South and children could work in the fields. C) It was hard to find places to live that allowed children in Northern cities. D) Their parents weren't as successful in the North as they had hoped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their parents weren't as successful in the North as they had hoped. 12. She ..... peacefully in her sleep. A) Passed out. B) Gave up. C) Went by. D) Passed away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passed away. 13. Which of the selections is an autobiography? A) "New Directions". B) "Caged Bird". C) "Woman Work". D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 14. Reread lines 20-24. What change does the author notice in King's speech pattern? A) He changed from the way he talks in church to a more casual, conversational pattern. B) His tone remains the same. C) He changed from a more causal, conversational tone to a church-like way of talking. D) He went from a serious tone to a more uplifting tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He changed from the way he talks in church to a more casual, conversational pattern. 15. What movie was spoken in the power point A) Big mouth. B) Madea Family Reunion. C) Girl vs monsters. D) The Crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madea Family Reunion. 16. Why did Dr. King want to meet Angelou? A) He wanted her to write a story about him. B) He heard good things about Angelou. C) He needed help with SCLC. D) He wanted to thank her for her work and get to know a little about her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wanted to thank her for her work and get to know a little about her. 17. Average. Two students are pulling at a box in opposite directions. The box does not move. Why? A) The inertia of the object is larger than the inertia of the two students combined. B) The opposite forces applied by the students are balanced. C) The normal force of the box is larger than the applied force of one of the students. D) Both the students are applying the force in the same direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The opposite forces applied by the students are balanced. 18. Publicly praised or recognized as talented A) Acclaimed. B) Dubious. C) Crossover. D) Legendary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acclaimed. 19. What is the message in the poem A) Maya is represented as the free bird. B) Maya is represented as the caged bird. C) The poem message is talking about honesty. D) The poem message is talking about hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maya is represented as the caged bird. 20. The literal meaning of heart is A) The muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood throughout the body. B) A person 's deepest feelings or true personality; love and affection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood throughout the body. 21. Synonyms autobiography, account A) Figurative language. B) Memoir. C) Metaphor. D) Resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memoir. 22. Which of the following excerpts from "New Directions" best illustrates the point Angelou is making in "Caged Bird" when she writes "his wings are clipped and his feet are tied" ? A) "She told me herself that she wasn't a fancy cook.". B) "The burdensome fact that Mrs. Johnson was a Negro ". C) "She had indeed stepped from the road ". D) "They parted amicably, Annie keeping the one-room house ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The burdensome fact that Mrs. Johnson was a Negro ". 23. How are the slaves from the working fields the same as the caged bird in the poem? A) They both sing songs of freedom. B) They both yearn for new beginnings. C) They both fly in the sky. D) They both gain freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They both yearn for new beginnings. 24. The poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All, is told from the perspective of who? A) A teenager. B) An old woman. C) A child. D) An adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A child. 25. Paragraph 10 includes each of the following in EXCEPT A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Paradox. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 26. How was Vivian Baxter (Maya's mom) different from Maya's grandmother? A) She was older and meaner. B) She was nicer. C) She was more patient. D) She danced and wore lipstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She danced and wore lipstick. 27. Angelou thought life was Cheap and death entirely free. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. What happened in 1970? A) Her parents got divorced and she lived with her grandma. B) She graduated from Lafayette County Training School. C) She was the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. D) She wrote her best known autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wrote her best known autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. 29. My legs turned to jelly. A) Figurative. B) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative. 30. The name "Maya" came from A) A childhood nickname. B) Her mother's side of the family. C) A popular song from the 1940s. D) Her favorite children's book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A childhood nickname. 31. "He had an easy friendliness, what was unsettling" This line is an example of- A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 32. What did Maya enjoy doing? A) Love to read. B) Love to sing. C) Love to eat. D) Love to skate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love to read. 33. What was Maya Angelou son name A) Tyrone Robinson. B) Tylia Robinson. C) Guy Johnson. D) Kaleb Cooper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guy Johnson. 34. Which phrase in the poem indicates "jumping for joy" ? A) "for the caged bird sings of freedom.". B) "The free bird thinks of another breeze". C) "floats downstream till the current ends". D) "A free bird leaps on the back of the wind". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "A free bird leaps on the back of the wind". 35. Which stanza is the longest? A) Third. B) Second. C) First. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First. 36. Anna May Wong was a school teacher. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. True or False:Angelou's only skill was writing. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 38. Which correction needs to be made to the last sentence? A) Lowercase "Emmy". B) Change "roll" to "role". C) Change "an" to "a". D) Remove the quotation marks from around "Roots". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change "roll" to "role". 39. Synonyms:gift, tradition, heritage A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Memoir. D) Legacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legacy. 40. To separate people, especially by race, or to restrict use of or access to a place or service to members of a certain race or category. A) Memoir. B) Figurative language. C) Metaphor. D) Segregate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Segregate. 41. Mother liked to speak of herself as the original "do-it-yourself girl." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" contains many references or ..... to the speaker's desire to honor and fulfill the dreams of her ancestors. A) Contusions. B) Broadcasts. C) Allusions. D) Illusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusions. 43. The poem alternates between describing the free bird and the caged bird. This structure emphasizes A) The complicated struggle of being free. B) The contrast between being free and confined. C) The similarity between the experiences of being free and confined. D) The caged bird and free bird are the same species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The contrast between being free and confined. 44. Angelou is best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a A) Memoir. B) Spoken-word album. C) Screenplay. D) Book of poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memoir. 45. What language pattern can be seen running through the extract? A) Technical language about streetcars. B) Language describing plays and acting. C) Language describing friendships. D) Language describing nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language describing plays and acting. 46. Supervision-She said she didn't want to leave me without adult supervision, because I was a thirteen-year-old girl. What does supervision mean? A) Supervision means to have someone caring for another person who cannot completely care for oneself. B) Supervision means having extraordinary vision. C) Supervision means having a super power where one can look through walls. D) Supervision means being in trouble for committing a crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supervision means to have someone caring for another person who cannot completely care for oneself. 47. What was the poem name in the power point A) ''How i get here". B) ''Still I rise". C) ''Make you want scream". D) ''Black girl magic". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ''Still I rise". 48. Everyone had heard of the athlete's great ..... After her injury, she trained and worked hard and made it to the Olympics! A) Resilience. B) Imagery. C) Figurative language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resilience. 49. What frightened Maya at the beginning of the story? A) Leaving her brother frightened her. B) Riding the train frightened her. C) Living with her grandmother frightened her. D) Seeing her mother who she had not seen in years frightened her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seeing her mother who she had not seen in years frightened her. 50. My grandfather had a heart attack. A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal. 51. He was not allowed to go to regular school as a child. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Which word means you writing a story about your life. A) Biography. B) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 53. Why did Maya Angelou stop speaking for five years? A) She was punished. B) She was scared. C) She lost her voice. D) She felt guilty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She felt guilty. 54. Difficult. Which of the following gases has the weakest attractive forces between particles? A) HCl. B) Ill. C) He. D) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 55. Find a connotative phrase used by Maya Angelou to depict perseverance. A) Keep pushing. B) Still I rise. C) Never surrender. D) Never give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Still I rise. 56. Memoirs are always written in which point of view? A) First person. B) Third person. C) This is a trick question. Memoirs can be written in any point of view. D) Second person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 57. Who was the person responsible of raising Maya? A) Mother. B) Father. C) Sister. D) Grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grandmother. 58. The point of view in Life Doesn't Frighten Me is: A) 3rd Person (He/She/They). B) 1st Person (I/Me). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st Person (I/Me). 59. "The challenges in her early life led Maya to become mute. She did not speak for almost 5 years."Using context clues, what is the meaning of the word mute? A) She was not able to see. B) She was not able to hear. C) She was an excellent writer. D) She was not able to speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was not able to speak. 60. Maya Angelou was a famous A) New Yorker. B) Washingtonian. C) North Carolinian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North Carolinian. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesMaya Angelou Quiz 1Maya Angelou Quiz 2Maya Angelou Quiz 3Maya Angelou Quiz 4Maya Angelou Quiz 5Maya Angelou Quiz 7Maya Angelou Quiz 8Maya Angelou Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books