Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1929

1921

1925

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

Copper Sun

Color

The Black Christ

The Medea
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?

"The opulent fairies be;"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

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

Greed

Sorrow

Pain

Poverty
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?

ABBC

ABBA

ABCABC

ABAB
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Wolf

Lynx

Coyote

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

Sable

Pitch

Tar

Jet
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?

Wrapped in

Drenched in sweat

Soft

Coddled
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?

Poverty

Death

Sorrow

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

A bolt of satin

A roll of twine

A silk robe

A sackcloth gown
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?

Tercets

Quatrains

Quintains

Couplets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Free verse

Complex metaphors

Pairs of contrasting images

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

Fire and water

Light and darkness

The moon and sun

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

Imagism

The Black Mountain School

The Harlem Renaissance

Futurism
18 How long is the poem?

Ten stanzas

Four stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Wealthy

Suffering

Poor

Unclear
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

Wealthy, white children

His children

His parents

Farmers
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 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

Trauma

Race

A bad economy
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?

Fate

Art

Time

Fame
24 What is the climax of the poem?

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

When the speaker is born

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

Harsh

Indifferent

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