Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1929

1926

1921

1925
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?

"Clementine"

"Monday's Child"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"
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

Sorrow

Poverty

Greed
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Tragic and bombastic

Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic

Angry and uncompromising
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABBC

ABAB

ABCABC

ABBA
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Raccoon

Coyote

Lynx

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

Jet

Tar

Pitch

Sable
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?

Wrapped in

Coddled

Soft

Drenched in sweat
11 What functions as a symbol of privilege in the poem?

A silver arrow

A silver spoon

A bronze medallion

A golden apple
12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford?

Death

Poverty

Sorrow

Pain
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?

A bolt of satin

A sackcloth gown

A silk robe

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

Couplets

Tercets

Quatrains

Quintains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Free verse

Couplets

Pairs of contrasting images

Complex metaphors
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?

Fire and water

Thunder and lightning

The moon and sun

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

The Black Mountain School

The Harlem Renaissance

Imagism

Futurism
18 How long is the poem?

Eight stanzas

Ten stanzas

Four stanzas

Five stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?

Unclear

Wealthy

Poor

Suffering
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

Wealthy, white children

Farmers

His children

His parents
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's abusive parents

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?

Political upheaval

A bad economy

Trauma

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

Time

Fate

Fame

Art
24 What is the climax of the poem?

When the speaker is born

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker runs away from home

When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?

Warm

Harsh

Indifferent

Excited

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