Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1925

1921

1926

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

Color

Copper Sun

The Black Christ
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"Clementine"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Monday's Child"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"The opulent fairies be;"

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

Poverty

Sorrow

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

Forlorn and fatalistic

Bitter and humorous

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

ABBC

ABAB

ABCABC
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?
Coyote

Lynx

Wolf

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

Wrapped in

Drenched in sweat

Soft
11 What functions as a symbol of privilege in the poem?
A silver spoon

A bronze medallion

A silver arrow

A golden apple
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 sackcloth gown

A roll of twine

A silk robe

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

Tercets

Quatrains

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

Complex metaphors

Couplets

Pairs of contrasting images
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Thunder and lightning

Fire and water

Light and darkness

The moon and sun
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
Imagism

The Black Mountain School

Futurism

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

Ten stanzas

Eight stanzas

Four stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?
Suffering

Wealthy

Poor

Unclear
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?
Political upheaval

Race

Trauma

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

Time

Fate

Fame
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?
Warm

Harsh

Excited

Indifferent

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