Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1925

1929

1921

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

Color

Copper Sun

The Medea
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Monday's Child"

"Clementine"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"The opulent fairies be;"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

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

Greed

Pain

Poverty
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?
ABCABC

ABAB

ABBC

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

Coyote

Wolf

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

Jet

Sable

Pitch
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Soft

Drenched in sweat

Wrapped in

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

A silver spoon

A golden apple

A bronze medallion
12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford?
Pain

Sorrow

Death

Poverty
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?
Couplets

Tercets

Quatrains

Quintains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Pairs of contrasting images

Couplets

Free verse

Complex metaphors
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Thunder and lightning

Light and darkness

Fire and water

The moon and sun
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
The Black Mountain School

Imagism

Futurism

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

Eight stanzas

Four stanzas

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

Wealthy

Suffering

Unclear
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
Farmers

His children

His parents

Wealthy, white children
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?
The speaker's abusive parents

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The speaker's difficult birth

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

Race

A bad economy

Trauma
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?
Fame

Fate

Time

Art
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 describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker is born
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?
Indifferent

Excited

Harsh

Warm

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