This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Easy. Bioamplification/Biomagnification is when toxin levels get higher at each trophic level. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. Which president did Frederick Douglass get to meet? A) John F Kennedy. B) George Washington. C) Bill Clinton. D) Abraham Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abraham Lincoln. 3. What is the connotative meaning of the phrase 'rising above' in Maya Angelou's texts? A) To overcome challenges or adversity and achieve personal growth or success. B) To succumb to challenges and adversity and experience failure or regression. C) To ignore challenges and adversity and remain stagnant. D) To sink deeper into challenges and adversity without any personal growth or success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To overcome challenges or adversity and achieve personal growth or success. 4. How was Maya able to overcome being abandoned? A) Her mother bought her lots of gifts to make up for it. B) Maya never got over it; she's still bitter. C) She realized her mother really did love her. D) Maya's brother helped her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She realized her mother really did love her. 5. What happened in 1940? A) She wrote her best known autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. B) She became the northern coordinator for a Christian Leadership Conference. C) She graduated from Lafayette County Training School. D) Her parents got divorced and she went to live with her grandma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She graduated from Lafayette County Training School. 6. Which phrase from Maya Angelou's "The Lesson" is an example of an abstraction rather than a concrete image? A) "Small fists of sleeping / Children". B) "old tombs". C) "The challenge". D) "Lines along my face". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The challenge". 7. Identify a connotative word used by Maya Angelou to describe empowerment. A) Extraordinary. B) Amazing. C) Phenomenal. D) Incredible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phenomenal. 8. The grave of dreams represents A) A feeling of ignorance. B) Where the bird will die. C) The possibility for the future. D) A feeling of hopelessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A feeling of hopelessness. 9. What is maya's real name? A) Maya angelou. B) Marguerite Johnson. C) None of the above. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marguerite Johnson. 10. Which line shows how very determined the speaker is to never show fear? A) Lines 39-40. B) Lines 7-8. C) Lines 15-16. D) Lines 25-26. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lines 39-40. 11. Graffiti originated from an Italian word. What does it mean? A) Scratched. B) Sculpted. C) Spray painted. D) Sketched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scratched. 12. In the poem "Caged Bird" the free bird symbolizes people who ..... A) Are able to choose their own direction in life. B) Are wealthy and can travel to new places. C) Are always busy, like the woman in "Woman Work" . D) Have made dangerous choices in their lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are able to choose their own direction in life. 13. The artist Kandisky is considered the first for this type of art A) Abstract. B) Futurism. C) Contemporary art. D) Dadaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstract. 14. What was the name of her most famous work? A) Birds. B) I Have A Pet Bird. C) Bird Cages. D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 15. Maya Angelou was born in A) 1828. B) 1928. C) 1998. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1928. 16. The speaker's recollection of her mother in paragraph 7 can best be described as A) Embarrassed but understanding. B) Admiring and loving. C) Amused and appreciative. D) Mocking and resentful. E) Affectionate but critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admiring and loving. 17. Which form of pottery takes its name from the Italian for baked earth? A) Pottery. B) Ceramic. C) Pottery. D) Terracotta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terracotta. 18. Toxic is to environment as ..... is to religion. A) Illiteracy. B) Sacrilegious. C) Aura. D) Essence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sacrilegious. 19. I don't want to ..... too much work. A) Go on. B) Take off. C) Take on. D) Take up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take on. 20. Eat your hear out. A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 21. Angelou became a mother at the age of A) 22. B) 17. C) 30. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 17. 22. According to the poem, the free bird can best be described as A) Thoughtful. B) Content. C) Hungry. D) Cautious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Content. 23. Line 13 uses four smooth [ ..... ] A) Trochees. B) Iambs. C) Meters. D) Spondee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trochees. 24. Has the cat got your tongue? A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 25. What point of view is the poem written in? A) Third person. B) First person. C) Second person. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person. 26. Compared to content, how important is style to Angelou? A) More important. B) Less important. C) Equally as important. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equally as important. 27. What gave Angelou the courage to speak again? A) Her sister's support. B) Writing her first book. C) Reading books and poems. D) Meeting her future husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading books and poems. 28. Cherokee Nation's famous woman leader was Wilma Mankiller. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. Which two stanzas were repeated in the poem? A) Three & Six. B) N / A. C) 1 & Six. D) Two & Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three & Six. 30. The life story of a person, written or told by that person. A) Autobiography. B) Memoir. C) Figurative language. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 31. Difficult. How many ATPs are produced by 8 glucose molecules during glycolysis? How many are used up at the start of glycolysis? A) 16, 32. B) 24, 8. C) 48, 24. D) 32, 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32, 16. 32. What does colloquial mean in this context? A) Not formal or literary. B) Formal and rigid. C) Technical and specific. D) Rhyming and lyrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not formal or literary. 33. When you change the nature of, or reinvent something you are ..... ? A) Setting apart. B) Using insight. C) Revealing. D) Redefining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Redefining. 34. Angelou would get a job on the streetears. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. What was here child's name? A) Evan. B) Guy. C) Malcom. D) Gracie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guy. 36. How many times has the Mona Lisa been stolen? A) Twice. B) Once. C) Too many to count. D) Thrice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Once. 37. Which word means the same as resided, as it is used in the passage? A) Lived. B) Swam. C) Jumped into. D) Ran away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 38. Is the poet the only person who feels alone? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 39. How do the writing styles of Maya Angelou's poem and Lou Gehrig's speech DIFFER? A) Both are poetic and metaphorical. B) Both are direct and conversational. C) Angelou's is poetic, Gehrig's is direct and conversational. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angelou's is poetic, Gehrig's is direct and conversational. 40. Maya Angelou was from a wealthy, white British family A) True. B) False. C) Not sure yet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Helen Keller and Maya Angelou read a poem at Bill Clinton's 2014 Inauguration. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. I've nearly ..... of money. A) Run out. B) Turned up. C) Go on. D) Took off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run out. 43. Which president did Maya Angelou write a poem for? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) John Tyler. C) Bill Clinton. D) Richard Nixon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill Clinton. 44. Drawn from different sources A) Delectable. B) Eclectic. C) Rife. D) Rudiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eclectic. 45. What is the main conflict in this poem? A) The caged bird hates the free bird. B) The free bird laughs at the caged bird. C) The caged bird longs for the life of the free bird. D) The free bird cannot sing as well as the caged bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The caged bird longs for the life of the free bird. 46. How did books make Maya feel? A) Better. B) Bad. C) Bored. D) Begged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Better. 47. The same rhyme scheme continues throughout the poem A) True. B) False. C) Not sure yet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Easy. An ion is formed when an atom loses/gains an electron. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Easy. The energy possessed by a body due to its position is called its ..... A) Kinetic energy. B) Heat energy. C) Potential energy. D) Chemical energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potential energy. 50. Analyze what the speaker means in lines 37-40, when she says she has a "magic charm" that she "keeps up her sleeve." A) She has a secret solution to her problem. B) She has a friend who knows magic. C) She likes to play cards. D) She keeps a lucky clover leaf near by. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She has a secret solution to her problem. 51. Pick the best antonym for the word punctual. A) Lazy. B) On time. C) Late. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late. 52. Which word describes Maya Angelou? A) Coward. B) Single-minded. C) Silent. D) Creative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creative. 53. In Still I Rise, Maya Angelou calls herself a "black ocean", which means ..... A) She is a weak woman. B) She loves the ocean. C) She is a strong black woman. D) She is a good swimmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is a strong black woman. 54. Who is credited as the designer of many statues which decorated the Parthenon? A) Achilles. B) Phidias. C) Alexander. D) Leonidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phidias. 55. What does the speaker mean by the "gifts" that her ancestors gave? A) Her children. B) Her determination and strength. C) Artifacts. D) Wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her determination and strength. 56. Young Angelou has Just returned to San Francisco after an adrenture-filled trip. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. The speaker's attitude toward the junior students in paragraph 1 may be best described as A) Sharp disapproval. B) Pedantic evaluation. C) Sympathetic concern. D) Enthusiastic support. E) Mild criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mild criticism. 58. What is the author's purpose for writing the passage? A) To tell about Maya Angelou's life. B) To teach you how to do something. C) To create a new play. D) To make you laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell about Maya Angelou's life. 59. Why did Maya think that her grandmother had mistakenly identified the woman on the train platform as her mother? A) This woman was too short. B) This woman was a movie star. C) Maya did not think her mother was attractive. D) Maya did not consider herself to be pretty or cute, so she did not expect her mother to look like a movie star or to be tall and beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maya did not consider herself to be pretty or cute, so she did not expect her mother to look like a movie star or to be tall and beautiful. 60. Which famous painter cut off a part of his ear? A) Edouard Manet. B) Vincent Van Gogh. C) Wassily Kandisky. D) Mark Rothko. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vincent Van Gogh. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesMaya Angelou Quiz 1Maya Angelou Quiz 2Maya Angelou Quiz 3Maya Angelou Quiz 4Maya Angelou Quiz 5Maya Angelou Quiz 6Maya Angelou Quiz 8Maya Angelou Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books