Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1926

1921

1925

1929
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
The Black Christ

Copper Sun

The Medea

Color
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?
"The opulent fairies be;"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"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?
Sorrow

Pain

Poverty

Greed
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous

Tragic and bombastic

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?
Lynx

Wolf

Coyote

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

Sable

Jet

Tar
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Coddled

Drenched in sweat

Wrapped in

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

A bronze medallion

A silver arrow

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

Pain

Death

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

A roll of twine

A sackcloth gown

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

Couplets

Quatrains

Tercets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Free verse

Couplets

Pairs of contrasting images

Complex metaphors
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Light and darkness

Fire and water

The moon and sun

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?
Eight stanzas

Five stanzas

Four stanzas

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

Wealthy

Unclear

Suffering
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 circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The speaker's abusive parents

The speaker's difficult birth
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?
Fate

Art

Time

Fame
24 What is the climax of the poem?
When the speaker runs away from home

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

When the speaker is born

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

Indifferent

Warm

Harsh

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