Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed August 04, 2022

1 When was the poem published?

1929

1921

1925

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

The Medea

Copper Sun

The Black Christ

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

"Clementine"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Monday's Child"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"The opulent fairies be;"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

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

Pain

Poverty

Sorrow

Greed
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic

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

ABCABC

ABBA

ABAB

ABBC
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Lynx

Raccoon

Coyote

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

Sable

Pitch

Jet

Tar
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?

Wrapped in

Soft

Drenched in sweat

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

A silver spoon

A bronze medallion

A golden apple

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

Poverty

Death

Pain

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

A sackcloth gown

A roll of twine

A silk robe

A bolt of satin
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?

Couplets

Quintains

Tercets

Quatrains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Complex metaphors

Free verse

Couplets

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?

Futurism

The Black Mountain School

The Harlem Renaissance

Imagism
18 How long is the poem?

Five stanzas

Eight stanzas

Four stanzas

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

Unclear

Suffering

Poor

Wealthy
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

Wealthy, white children

His parents

Farmers

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

The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's abusive parents

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

Race

A bad economy

Political upheaval
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?

Fame

Time

Fate

Art
24 What is the climax of the poem?

When the speaker runs away from home

When the speaker is born

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

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?

Excited

Indifferent

Harsh

Warm

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