Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1925

1929

1926

1921
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
Color

The Medea

The Black Christ

Copper Sun
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"Monday's Child"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Clementine"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"The opulent fairies be;"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?
Pain

Poverty

Sorrow

Greed
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Tragic and bombastic

Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCABC

ABBC

ABBA

ABAB
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?
Lynx

Raccoon

Coyote

Wolf
9 What shade of black does the speaker describe the night he was born with?
Sable

Jet

Pitch

Tar
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Wrapped in

Drenched in sweat

Coddled

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

A golden apple

A silver spoon

A bronze medallion
12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford?
Poverty

Sorrow

Pain

Death
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A bolt of satin

A silk robe

A sackcloth gown

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

Tercets

Couplets

Quatrains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Pairs of contrasting images

Free verse

Couplets

Complex metaphors
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?
Futurism

The Black Mountain School

The Harlem Renaissance

Imagism
18 How long is the poem?
Eight stanzas

Ten stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Unclear

Wealthy

Suffering
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
Farmers

His children

His parents

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

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The speaker's abusive parents
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?
Political upheaval

A bad economy

Race

Trauma
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?
Fame

Art

Time

Fate
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?
Harsh

Indifferent

Warm

Excited

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