1 When was the poem published? 1921 1929 1926 1925 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? "Monday's Child" "Clementine" "London Bridge is Falling Down" "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 Greed Poverty Sorrow 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? ABBA ABCABC ABBC ABAB 8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to? Wolf Coyote Raccoon Lynx 9 What shade of black does the speaker describe the night he was born with? Pitch Jet Tar Sable 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 bronze medallion A silver spoon A golden apple 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 sackcloth gown A silk robe A bolt of satin A roll of twine 14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Quintains Quatrains Couplets 15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems? Couplets Pairs of contrasting images Free verse Complex metaphors 16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences? Thunder and lightning The moon and sun Light and darkness Fire and water 17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with? Futurism The Harlem Renaissance The Black Mountain School Imagism 18 How long is the poem? Four stanzas Ten stanzas Five stanzas Eight stanzas 19 What does the word "opulent" mean? Suffering Poor Unclear Wealthy 20 Who does the speaker compare himself to? Farmers His children Wealthy, white children His parents 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? A bad economy Trauma Political upheaval Race 23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem? Fate Fame Art Time 24 What is the climax of the poem? When the speaker is born 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 25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth? Indifferent Harsh Warm Excited