Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1929

1925

1921

1926
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"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Clementine"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"For I was born on Saturday—"

"The opulent fairies be;"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

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

Pain

Poverty

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

Bitter and humorous

Angry and uncompromising

Tragic and bombastic
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABAB

ABCABC

ABBC

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

Wolf

Raccoon

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

Sable

Jet

Pitch
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Drenched in sweat

Soft

Wrapped in

Coddled
11 What functions as a symbol of privilege in the poem?
A golden apple

A silver arrow

A bronze medallion

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 sackcloth gown

A roll of twine

A silk robe
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?
Couplets

Quintains

Quatrains

Tercets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Complex metaphors

Pairs of contrasting images

Couplets

Free verse
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Light and darkness

Thunder and lightning

The moon and sun

Fire and water
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
Imagism

Futurism

The Black Mountain School

The Harlem Renaissance
18 How long is the poem?
Eight stanzas

Four stanzas

Five stanzas

Ten stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?
Unclear

Wealthy

Poor

Suffering
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 speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life
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?
Fame

Time

Art

Fate
24 What is the climax of the poem?
When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

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

When the speaker is born

When the speaker runs away from home
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?
Warm

Excited

Harsh

Indifferent

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