Heritage (poem) Quizzes

Heritage (poem) Quiz

1 Countee Cullen is associated with which literary movement?
Objectivism

Harlem Renaissance

Black Arts Movement

Romanticism
2 "Doff" means
To throw up

To go wild

To stroll

To take/throw something off
3 "Writhing like a baited worm" is an example of
Prosody

Iambic pentameter

Similie

Metonymy
4 "birds of Eden" is an allusion to the
Book of Genesis

Revelations

Book of Exodus

Gospel According to Matthew
5 "A book one thumbs listlessly" is what kind of book?
A book with long lists

An exciting book

An ancient book

A boring book
6 What is a "human creed" for the speaker?
A God who looks like him

A form of philosophical humanism

Belief in humanity

A human song
7 What does the rain symbolize in the poem?
Deep oceans

The speaker's desire to return to his roots

The speaker's quest for moral purity

Religious doctrine
8 What is a "heathen" in the context of the poem?
A non-Christian

A viking

A devout believer

Someone who lives in the heaths
9 Which is NOT one of the major conflicts in the poem?
Jungle versus city

Wild versus civilized

Pagan versus Christian

Stories versus books
10 "The scenes his fathers loved" refers to
Important African-American plays

The speaker's father's favorite movie

The view from the speaker's family apartment

The natural beauty of Africa

I'm sorry, what images are you referring to?

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Another important theme explored throughout the poem is the difficulty of being a committed religious believer within a religion subsisting on racially divided iconography. In addition to seeking a way to unite his mysterious African heritage with...

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Did Countee Cullen make any major mistakes or bad decisions?

In the poem, Heritage?

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