Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1925

1929

1921

1926
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
Color

The Black Christ

Copper Sun

The Medea
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Monday's Child"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Clementine"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"The opulent fairies be;"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?
Greed

Pain

Poverty

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

Tragic and bombastic

Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABAB

ABCABC

ABBA

ABBC
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?
Raccoon

Wolf

Coyote

Lynx
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?
Wrapped in

Coddled

Drenched in sweat

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

A silver arrow

A golden apple

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

Sorrow

Death

Poverty
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A sackcloth gown

A silk robe

A bolt of satin

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

Quintains

Couplets

Tercets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Couplets

Pairs of contrasting images

Free verse

Complex metaphors
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
The moon and sun

Light and darkness

Thunder and lightning

Fire and water
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

Ten stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Unclear

Suffering

Wealthy
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
His children

Farmers

Wealthy, white children

His parents
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?
The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

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

A bad economy

Political upheaval

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

Fame

Art

Time
24 What is the climax of the poem?
When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth

When the speaker runs away from home

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker is born
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?
Warm

Indifferent

Excited

Harsh

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