This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Maya Angelou > Maya Angelou – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Maya Angelou Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was Maya Angelou was born A) November 9, 2004. B) April 4, 1928. C) September 1, 1789. D) July 30, 2018. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) April 4, 1928. 2. Glow is to radiance as ..... is to atmosphere. A) Aristocrat. B) Essence. C) Aura. D) Sophistication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aura. 3. What was the great honor that Maya Angelou received in 1993? A) She was asked to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. B) She published her first book. C) She was able to speak again. D) She moved in with her grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was asked to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. 4. What is Angelou's goal? A) Get marry. B) Get a job. C) Finish the school. D) Form a family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get a job. 5. After their parents split up, Grandma held them downThrough the mix up, while they drown in a sea of grief.That's a(n) ..... , using words figuratively A) Metaphor. B) Autobiography. C) Legacy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. What does the word 'supercilious' mean? A) Being super silly. B) Acting like a clown. C) Acting as if you are superior to others. D) Not trusting people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acting as if you are superior to others. 7. In "At Harvesttime, " what does Angelou propose is a life principle that cannot be changed? A) Kindness is infectious. B) Hard work is important. C) Two wrongs do not make a right. D) People will reap what they sow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People will reap what they sow. 8. What was the name of Maya Angelou's first autobiography that told the story of her life up to the age of seventeen? A) Seventeen Years of My Life. B) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. C) Time Stands Still. D) The Edge of Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 9. What did Maya create since she enjoyed writing? A) A book. B) A bible. C) A test. D) A cookbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A book. 10. The caged bird in Maya Angelou's Caged Bird is ..... A) Alliterative. B) Onomatopoeic. C) Symbolic. D) Hyperbolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic. 11. The civil rights movement was A) Composed of a loosely organized group of people who helped slaves escape. B) A science experiment. C) A nonviolent social and political movement from 1954 to 1968 that worked to end segregation and discrimination. D) A social experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nonviolent social and political movement from 1954 to 1968 that worked to end segregation and discrimination. 12. What can you infer about the speaker's reaction to the boys in her class? A) She thinks they are unkind. B) She won't let them scare her. C) She thinks they are afraid of snakes. D) She thinks she might scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She won't let them scare her. 13. The prefix "re"-means A) Again or back. B) Before. C) After. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again or back. 14. Give the most THEME of the work A) Discrimination. B) Sorting out black people from whites. C) Abuse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discrimination. 15. What happened in 1959? A) She graduated from Lafayette County Training School. B) She was the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. C) Her parents got divorced and went to live with her grandma. D) She wrote her best known autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 16. Which of the following is a list of subordinating conjunctions? A) For, and, nor. B) Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia. C) Because, if, when. D) On, up, down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because, if, when. 17. '' Does my sassiness upset you?" is example of A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Pun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. How may siblings did Maya have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 19. Rhyme Scheme is a ..... of rhyming words in a poem. A) Pattern. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) Simile or Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pattern. 20. She also won the Literarian Award in what year? A) 1991. B) 1992. C) 1993. D) 1994. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1993. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books