This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Care is to careful as ..... is to essential. A) Aura. B) Essence. C) Infuse. D) Aristocrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Essence. 2. The author uses which of the following text structure styles in this poem: A) The author alternates comparing and contrasting stanzas to show the difference between the birds. B) The author reveals a conflict in one stanza and the solution in the next. C) The author describes details that present feelings of being "trapped" or "free". D) The author establishes a chronological order of events to help the reader understand the poem's meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author alternates comparing and contrasting stanzas to show the difference between the birds. 3. What did Maya call her mother? A) Mom. B) Lady. C) Mother. D) Hey you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady. 4. When my bones are stiff and aching, And my feet won't climb the stair, I will only ask one favor:Don't bring me no rocking chair. This extract features ..... A) Synesthetic rhythm. B) Assonance. C) Anaphora. D) Diacope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 5. Similes and metaphors are examples of ..... , as they do not mean what they literally say, and they make writing more colorful. A) Figurative language. B) Autobiography. C) Memoirs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 6. Average. Oxygen is essential in cellular respiration. What is the role of oxygen in the electron transport chain? A) It provides a high energy proton. B) It releases an electron. C) It serves as the final electron acceptor. D) It forms water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It serves as the final electron acceptor. 7. How long was Maya Angelou mute? A) 5 months. B) 1 year. C) 3 years. D) 5 1/2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 1/2 years. 8. Why was Maya's book special? A) It gave people perspective. B) It gave people happiness. C) It gave people dreams. D) It gave people hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It gave people perspective. 9. What do the rhyming words rage and cage in stanza 2 emphasize? A) The anger that can accompany a lack of freedom. B) The sadness that can accompany a lack of freedom. C) That it is possible to feel free even in a cage. D) That the caged bird cannot sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The anger that can accompany a lack of freedom. 10. When someone overcomes an obstacle they A) Learn to run fast. B) Call all their friends. C) They get over a hard situation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They get over a hard situation. 11. Average. Which of the following is also known as a spreading center? A) Transform boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Convergent boundary. D) Convection boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent boundary. 12. "Like travelers with exotic destinations on their minds, the graduates were remarkably forgetful" (par.1) is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Identify an example of personification. A) "can seldom see through". B) "his wings are clipped". C) "his feet are tied". D) "he opens his throat to sing". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "he opens his throat to sing". 14. What was her story about? A) Food. B) Robots. C) Birds. D) Segregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Segregation. 15. "Don't bring me no rocking chair." is an example of ..... A) Double negative in AAVE. B) Zero Copula in AAVE. C) Hyperbolic language in AAVE. D) Unambiguous statement in colloquial language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Double negative in AAVE. 16. When is her birthday? A) April 4, 1928. B) February 10, 1970. C) November 15, 1940. D) None Of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 4, 1928. 17. Democrat is to democracy as ..... is to aristocracy. A) Aristocrat. B) Sophistication. C) Essence. D) Infuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristocrat. 18. What does 'coyness' mean? A) Humbleness. B) Shyness. C) Cuteness. D) Kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shyness. 19. "Like a sack left on a shelf" is an example of [ ..... ] A) Mimesis. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 20. Which of the selections has the most bitter tone? A) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. B) "Caged Bird". C) "New Directions". D) "Woman Work". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Caged Bird". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesMaya Angelou Quiz 1Maya Angelou Quiz 3Maya Angelou Quiz 4Maya Angelou Quiz 5Maya Angelou Quiz 6Maya Angelou Quiz 7Maya Angelou Quiz 8Maya Angelou Quiz 9Maya Angelou Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books