Incident Quizzes

Incident Quiz

1 Which literary movement was Cullen a part of?
Vorticism

the Harlem Renaissance

Romanticism

the Renaissance
2 What style of poetry did Cullen prefer?
Futurist

Formalist

Blues

Free verse
3 Incident is written in ___ form
ballad

romantic

stanza

sonnet
4 The poem takes place in
Baltimore

Bakersfield

Boston

Paris
5 The speaker and the Baltimorean are both
eight and small

smiling

ten and tall

African American
6 Which of the following can "whit" NOT mean?
intelligence

white

a little bit

a creature or human
7 What can the speaker remember about Baltimore?
the name of the other boy

the rain and snow

being called the n-word

the color of the trees
8 "Heart-filled, head-filled" is an example of
irony

paradox

chiasmus

alliteration
9 "He poked out / His tongue" is an example of
allegory

enjambment

allusion

motif
10 "Double consciousness" is a concept formulated by
W.E.B. Du Bois

John Keats

Countee Cullen

Langston Hughes
11 Cullen wanted to be seen as what kind of poet?
a Romantic poet

Simply a poet

an African American poet

a New York poet
12 In ballad form, which lines of each stanza rhyme?
The first and third

The second and fourth

All of them

The first and second

Incident Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Incident is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Study Guide for Incident

Incident study guide contains a biography of Countee Cullen, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Incident…