This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Easy. When is an atom stable? A) When it has full outer orbit. B) When it has the same amount of protons and electrons. C) When it has no neutrons. D) When it has an odd number of valence electrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When it has full outer orbit. 2. Which word is an antonym of perceptive? A) Intelligent. B) Discerning. C) Unobservant. D) Insightful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unobservant. 3. Maya said that kind words were much like a A) Flower. B) Hug. C) Rainbow. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hug. 4. What is an example of segregation? A) Unity. B) Togetherness. C) Oneness. D) Excluding another race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excluding another race. 5. The days ..... really quickly. A) Went on. B) Gave up. C) Went by. D) Passed away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went by. 6. Average. What is the substance formed in our muscles during the fermentation process of producing ATP in the absence of oxygen? A) Lactic acid. B) Water. C) Cortisol. D) Ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lactic acid. 7. Maya Angelou's book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was the first nonfiction best-seller written by an African-American woman. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. (Imagery) Pain appeals to what sense? A) Sight. B) Touch. C) Feel. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feel. 9. The theme of both "New Directions" and "Woman Work" is centered around A) Women who realize they must make their own opportunities. B) Women who have the skills required to get good jobs. C) Women who see no way out of their difficult lives. D) Women who must struggle hard to survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women who must struggle hard to survive. 10. Frederick Douglass fought for ALL kids to be able to go to school. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. What is the connotative meaning of the word 'freedom' in Maya Angelou's texts? A) Oppression, fear, and inequality. B) Weakness, cowardice, and discrimination. C) Indifference, apathy, and injustice. D) Strength, courage, and the pursuit of equality tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strength, courage, and the pursuit of equality tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1. 12. Which of the following is used as a symbol of wealth in a poem? A) Oil wells. B) Gold mines. C) Diamonds. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Memoirs are usually written in A) Chronological text structure. B) Problem/solution text structure. C) Cause/effect text structure. D) Any of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronological text structure. 14. Which Shakespeare play does she reference? A) Macbeth. B) The Tempest. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 15. Which president did Maya write and and read a poem for at their inauguration? A) Barack Obama. B) Donald Trump. C) George W. Bush. D) Bill Clinton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill Clinton. 16. What is the name of Maya Angelou's older brother? A) Bailey Johnson J. B) Baily Johnson Jr. C) Bailey Johnsn Jr. D) Bailey Johnson Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bailey Johnson Jr. 17. Which Renaissance artist is the most famous procrastinator of all time? A) Raphael. B) Michelangelo. C) Donatello. D) Leonardo da Vinci. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leonardo da Vinci. 18. What part of speech is "acclaimed" ? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 19. Which of the following sentences follows correct English grammar and punctuation? A) Maya Angelou recited a poem, at President Clinton's inauguration. B) Maya Angelou recited a poem at president Clinton's inauguration. C) Maya Angelou recited a poem at president Clinton's inauguration. D) Maya Angelou recited a poem at President Clinton's Inauguration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maya Angelou recited a poem at President Clinton's Inauguration. 20. In the poem, the aging speaker uses the literary device of [ ..... ] to address an unknown "you" to highlight their self-sufficiency and independence. A) Epistrophe. B) Diacope. C) Apostrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 21. She wrote and read the poem, On the Pulse of the Morning, for ..... 's inauguration in 1993 A) President Bush. B) President Clinton. C) President Obama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President Clinton. 22. Charitable-"Come on, baby, smile for Mother. come on. Be charitable." What does charitable mean? A) Charitable means giving a table to the needy. B) Charitable means giving a seat to the needy. C) Charitable means giving something to benefit another person in charity. D) Charitable means giving up one's seat at a table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charitable means giving something to benefit another person in charity. 23. What is SIMILAR about the theme or main idea in the speeches "Love Liberates by Maya Angelou" and Lou Gehrig's Farewell Address? A) They both show Love and Gratitude. B) They both show Baseball Achievements. C) They both show Life's Challenges. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both show Love and Gratitude. 24. Don't ..... ! You can do it! A) Stand up. B) Wake up. C) Set up. D) Give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Give up. 25. My grandmother always has a delightful ..... of baked goods in her kitchen, from brownies to cookies to scones. A) Itinerary. B) Arraignment. C) Array. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Array. 26. Help is to assist as ..... is to inject. A) Aura. B) Cascade. C) Essence. D) Infuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infuse. 27. The woman in "Woman Work" says that the only thing she can call her own is A) Nature. B) Her private thoughts. C) Her children. D) Her home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature. 28. In "Caged Bird", the phrase "But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage/can seldom see through his bars of rage" can best be interpreted as meaning A) Each of us is responsible for fighting injustice. B) People must be flexible and take the path that works best for them. C) People must learn to get over their anger because it will only harm them. D) Anyone who is treated unfairly is going to be angry at the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anyone who is treated unfairly is going to be angry at the world. 29. Which of the following refers to black people? A) Heaven is considered his own. B) He opened his beak to sing. C) A bird fluttered behind the wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He opened his beak to sing. 30. (Imagery) Loud appeals to what sense? A) Sight. B) Touch. C) Hearing. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearing. 31. Was Maya Angelou married A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. What was Nina Otro-Warren's contribution to history? A) Teacher. B) Suffragette and politician. C) Poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffragette and politician. 33. A bird flies freely to the end of the river and the sun's rays A) Birds are lucky to be born in the dense forest and nothing disturbs their plain but peaceful environment. B) People of the White race who are able to live freely and richly without anyone interfering with their peaceful lives. C) People who are born rich and powerful rule the largest kingdoms in the world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People of the White race who are able to live freely and richly without anyone interfering with their peaceful lives. 34. What is the POV of the story? A) First Person. B) Third Person Limited. C) Third Person Omniscient. D) Second Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Person. 35. Find a connotative word used by Maya Angelou to describe resilience. A) Phenomenal. B) Extraordinary. C) Exceptional. D) Remarkable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phenomenal. 36. A word that has the same sound as another A) Poem. B) Rhythm. C) Poetry. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 37. Which President did Maya read her poem to? A) Bill Clinton. B) Bill Simpson. C) Jimmy Carter. D) Barack Obama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill Clinton. 38. When Maya was three she was sent where? A) Virginia. B) Memphis. C) Carolinia. D) Arkansas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arkansas. 39. Which word goes with its synonymsautobiographyaccount A) Memoir. B) Resilience. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memoir. 40. How many words long is Pablo Picasso's full name? A) 23 words. B) 20 words. C) 10 words. D) 21 words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23 words. 41. Which period has a French name that translates to "rebirth" in English? A) Carolingian. B) Renaissance. C) Gothic. D) Romanesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renaissance. 42. When is Maya Angelou's birthday? A) October 24, 1928. B) July 14, 1928. C) April 4, 1928. D) November 12, 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 4, 1928. 43. What did Maya win an award? A) Her speech was a best seller. B) She won a race. C) Her bible was a best seller. D) Her book was a best seller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her book was a best seller. 44. How does she suggest this life principle applies to human behavior? A) She believes that doing wrong to somebody that hurt you does not make things right. B) She believes that your kindness will make people want to be kind to everybody else. C) She believes that if you treat people well, they will treat you well in return. D) She does not believe it applies to human bahavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She believes that if you treat people well, they will treat you well in return. 45. The woman in "Woman Work" wants to be able to ..... A) Be rich and have time to herself. B) Find time to rest. C) Have a family. D) Have servants to help her with her chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Find time to rest. 46. Why does "Caged Bird" begin with an entire stanza about the free bird? A) To describe the acrobatic flight of birds. B) To serve as a contrast with the caged bird. C) To illustrate why caged birds are fortunate. D) To explain why all birds live dangerous lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve as a contrast with the caged bird. 47. What age was Maya when she died? If she was alive right mow how old would she be? A) She was 90 when she died and, would be 86 if she was still alive today. B) She was 85 when she died and, would be 92 if she was still alive today. C) She was 86 when she died and, would be 90 if she was still alive today. D) She was 87 when she died and, would be 91 if she was still alive today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was 86 when she died and, would be 90 if she was still alive today. 48. How did Maya wanted people to be treated? A) All people to be not treated fairly. B) All people to be treated fairly. C) All people to be treated unfairly. D) Some people to be treated fairly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All people to be treated fairly. 49. How old was Maya when her mother abandoned her? A) 7. B) 3. C) 5. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 50. What is the true art term for color? A) Tint. B) Shade. C) Pigment. D) Hue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hue. 51. Fact or Opinion-Maya Angelou wrote poetry. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 52. This famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci was used for target practice by Napoleon's soldiers. A) Vitruvian Man. B) Savior of the World. C) The Last Supper. D) Mona Lisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Last Supper. 53. Playfully timid or evasive. A) Coy. B) Self-imposed. C) Revile. D) Incorruptible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coy. 54. In paragraph 5 the speaker expresses A) Objective regard. B) Outraged criticism. C) Detached indifference. D) Mild irony. E) Exasperated dismissal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mild irony. 55. How many books of poems did Maya Angelou write? A) Five. B) Seven. C) Two. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Five. 56. Patricia was ..... She overcame every thing that tried to bring her down. A) A doormat. B) Resilient. C) Hopeless. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resilient. 57. How is caged bird an extended metaphor? A) The caged bird is a metaphor to show the feelings of hopelessness of someone who has lost their freedom. B) Maya is using figurative language to create an image for the reader of a bird in a cage. C) The caged bird does not name the sky or claim the sky for his own. D) The free bird is a metaphor and a symbol of freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The caged bird is a metaphor to show the feelings of hopelessness of someone who has lost their freedom. 58. Easy. Current is the only form of electricity? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 59. Which of the following is NOT a job Maya had throughout her life? A) Cable car conductor. B) Librarian. C) Dancer/singer. D) Waitress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Librarian. 60. How does Maya Angelou say you should treat your children? A) With love. B) With kindness. C) With respect. D) With patience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With patience. ← 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 7Maya Angelou Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books