Countee Cullen: Collected Poems Quizzes

Countee Cullen: Collected Poems Quiz

1 What was the name of Cullen's first collection of poetry?
The Harlem Renaissance

The Black Christ

Copper Sun

Color
2 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem "Saturday's Child"?
Dagger

Cinnamon tree

Fire

Silver spoon
3 What literary movement is Cullen often associated with?
The Beats

The Futurists

The Black Mountain Poets

The Harlem Renaissance
4 When was Cullen born?
1934

1903

1914

1913
5 Where did Cullen attend college?
Columbia University

Dartmouth College

Yale University

New York University
6 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in Cullen's work?
Evil

Love

Religion

Race
7 What is the rhyme scheme of many of Cullen's poems?
AABB

ABCB

ABBA

ABAB
8 What is the poem "Heritage" about?
A portrait of Thomas Jefferson

A speaker trying to understand his African ancestry

A speaker drawing his family tree

A father and son
9 Which of the following poets did Cullen claim as a major influence?
Emily Dickinson

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Herman Melville

Amy Lowell
10 What does the word "grove" mean?
Rich soil

An apple orchard

A collection of gardens

A small group of trees
11 What is the main subject of Cullen's collection Copper Sun?
Christianity

Love

City life

Agriculture
12 What is the tone of many of Cullen's poems?
Bitter and angry

Defiant and rude

Vulnerable and honest

Cold and distant
13 Which of the following poems is about the appropriation of Black labor?
"Saturday's Child"

"Incident"

"The Black Christ"

"From the Dark Tower"
14 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"I cut my teeth as the black raccoon—"

"The golden increment of bursting fruit,"

"What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea."

"I saw a Baltimorean"
15 What is the name of Cullen's third collection of poems?
The Black Christ

Medea

Copper Sun

Color
16 What is the main source of conflict in Cullen's poetry?
Black artists trying to write about their experience

People losing money

Black individuals being afflicted by racism

People coming to terms with their faith
17 What does the speaker of "Tableau" compare an interracial couple to?
Fire and ice

Day and night

The sun and moon

The city and country
18 How does Cullen often portray love?
As a dangerous unknown

As common and unremarkable

As a healing force

As unnecessary
19 What literary movement had a formative impact on Cullen's style?
Dadaism

Southern Gothic Literature

Modernism

Romanticism
20 When did Cullen publish Color?
1925

1920

1934

1916
21 In "Heritage" what functions as a symbol for the speaker's ancestry?
Cinnamon tree

Palm trees

Oceans

Red wine
22 Where does the poem "Incident" take place?
Baltimore

Harlem

Dallas

Atlanta
23 Which of the following meters does Cullen use often?
Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Trochaic pentameter

Ballad meter
24 What functions as a symbol of the future in "From the Dark Tower"?
Nighttime

Stars

Fruits

Seeds
25 Where was Cullen born?
Louisville, Kentucky

New York City, New York

It is unverified

Chicago, Illinois

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