Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1926

1925

1921

1929
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
Color

Copper Sun

The Black Christ

The Medea
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Clementine"

"Monday's Child"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"The opulent fairies be;"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?
Greed

Pain

Sorrow

Poverty
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Forlorn and fatalistic

Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous

Tragic and bombastic
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABBC

ABAB

ABBA

ABCABC
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?
Coyote

Wolf

Lynx

Raccoon
9 What shade of black does the speaker describe the night he was born with?
Tar

Sable

Pitch

Jet
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Coddled

Wrapped in

Drenched in sweat

Soft
11 What functions as a symbol of privilege in the poem?
A silver spoon

A golden apple

A bronze medallion

A silver arrow
12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford?
Death

Poverty

Pain

Sorrow
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A silk robe

A sackcloth gown

A bolt of satin

A roll of twine
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?
Quatrains

Tercets

Quintains

Couplets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Free verse

Pairs of contrasting images

Complex metaphors

Couplets
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Thunder and lightning

The moon and sun

Fire and water

Light and darkness
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
The Harlem Renaissance

The Black Mountain School

Imagism

Futurism
18 How long is the poem?
Eight stanzas

Four stanzas

Five stanzas

Ten stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?
Poor

Unclear

Wealthy

Suffering
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
Farmers

His parents

His children

Wealthy, white children
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?
The speaker's abusive parents

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's difficult birth
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?
A bad economy

Political upheaval

Trauma

Race
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?
Art

Fame

Fate

Time
24 What is the climax of the poem?
When the speaker is born

When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker runs away from home
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?
Excited

Warm

Indifferent

Harsh

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