Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1926

1921

1929

1925
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?

Copper Sun

The Black Christ

The Medea

Color
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?

"Clementine"

"Monday's Child"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"The opulent fairies be;"

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

Poverty

Pain

Greed

Sorrow
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Forlorn and fatalistic

Bitter and humorous

Tragic and bombastic

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

ABCABC

ABAB

ABBC

ABBA
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Coyote

Lynx

Raccoon

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

Jet

Tar

Sable

Pitch
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 bronze medallion

A golden apple

A silver arrow

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

Death

Pain

Sorrow

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?

Quintains

Quatrains

Tercets

Couplets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Complex metaphors

Couplets

Free verse

Pairs of contrasting images
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?

Light and darkness

The moon and sun

Fire and water

Thunder and lightning
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?

The Harlem Renaissance

The Black Mountain School

Imagism

Futurism
18 How long is the poem?

Four stanzas

Ten stanzas

Eight stanzas

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

Poor

Wealthy

Suffering

Unclear
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

Farmers

His parents

Wealthy, white children

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

The speaker's abusive parents

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?

Political upheaval

Trauma

A bad economy

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

Fame

Time

Art

Fate
24 What is the climax of the poem?

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker is born

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?

Excited

Harsh

Warm

Indifferent

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