This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Maya Angelou was born in A) 1828. B) 1928. C) 1998. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1928. 2. 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. 3. Which form of pottery takes its name from the Italian for baked earth? A) Terracotta. B) Ceramic. C) Pottery. D) Pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terracotta. 4. Toxic is to environment as ..... is to religion. A) Aura. B) Essence. C) Sacrilegious. D) Illiteracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sacrilegious. 5. I don't want to ..... too much work. A) Take off. B) Take up. C) Take on. D) Go on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take on. 6. Eat your hear out. A) Figurative. B) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative. 7. Angelou became a mother at the age of A) 17. B) 19. C) 22. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17. 8. According to the poem, the free bird can best be described as A) Hungry. B) Content. C) Cautious. D) Thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Content. 9. Line 13 uses four smooth [ ..... ] A) Trochees. B) Spondee. C) Iambs. D) Meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trochees. 10. Has the cat got your tongue? A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 11. What point of view is the poem written in? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Cherokee Nation's famous woman leader was Wilma Mankiller. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Which two stanzas were repeated in the poem? A) Three & Six. B) 1 & Six. C) Two & Four. D) N / A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three & Six. 16. The life story of a person, written or told by that person. A) Autobiography. B) Figurative language. C) Imagery. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 17. 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) 32, 16. D) 48, 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 32, 16. 18. 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. 19. When you change the nature of, or reinvent something you are ..... ? A) Revealing. B) Using insight. C) Setting apart. D) Redefining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Redefining. 20. Angelou would get a job on the streetears. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesMaya Angelou Quiz 1Maya Angelou Quiz 2Maya Angelou Quiz 3Maya 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