This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A set of instruments used to create a poem A) Stanza. B) Rhythm. C) Elements. D) Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elements. 2. Which of the following jobs did Maya work in the early part of her career? A) Dancer. B) Waitress. C) Fry Cook. D) Cable Car Conductor. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 3. As a child, Maya Angelou A) Faced racism and prejudice. B) Stopped speaking for many years. C) Went back and forth between homes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. An art medium is made of graphite, encased in wood and it is widely used as a form of writing and drawing. A) Brush. B) Colored pencil. C) Pencil. D) Charcoal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pencil. 5. What object most commonly appears in Picasso's paintings? A) Flowers. B) Guitar. C) Flute. D) Oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guitar. 6. Helen Keller wrote her ..... and gave it the title "The Story of My Life." A) Memoir. B) Autobiography. C) Biography. D) Legacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.It's Maya Angelou's ..... , A history of a person's life written in all honesty. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Autobiography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 8. Memoir is another name for personal narrative. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Frederick Douglass was born into A) A great family. B) Slavery. C) A community who took care of him. D) A monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slavery. 10. What are the poets thoughts like? A) Happy, positive. B) Sad, gloomy, scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad, gloomy, scary. 11. In Still I Rise, "Up from a past that's rooted in pain" is about ..... A) Racism. B) Slavery. C) Happiness. D) All other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slavery. 12. She was always a ..... person, thinking highly of herself and her importance. A) Encumbered. B) Transmitters. C) Plausible. D) Exalted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transmitters. 13. Which of the following refers to the white person? A) Bird that wants to reach the sky. B) Singing bird. C) A bird with a terrible voice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bird that wants to reach the sky. 14. I can play the piano from by heart. A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 15. What feeling does the poem's repeated lines- "I rise"-suggest? A) Frustration. B) Sadness. C) Humbleness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 16. What is an example of legacy? A) An inheritance. B) Table. C) Chair. D) Door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An inheritance. 17. The free bird demonstrates freedom and power when it A) Stalks down its narrow cage. B) Sings with a fearful trill. C) Shouts on a nightmare scream. D) Claims the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claims the sky. 18. Easy. A moving car possesses ..... A) Sound energy. B) Mechanical energy. C) Heat energy. D) Chemical energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mechanical energy. 19. Where was Maya Angelou born? A) San Francisco, California. B) Stamps, Arkansas. C) St. Louis, Missouri. D) Washington D.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St. Louis, Missouri. 20. A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as." "She entered the room as quietly as a mouse" is an example. A) Simile. B) Resilience. C) Legacy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesMaya Angelou Quiz 1Maya Angelou Quiz 2Maya Angelou Quiz 3Maya Angelou Quiz 4Maya Angelou Quiz 6Maya Angelou Quiz 7Maya Angelou Quiz 8Maya Angelou Quiz 9Maya Angelou Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books