Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1921

1929

1925

1926
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?

"Monday's Child"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Clementine"

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

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"The opulent fairies be;"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?

Poverty

Greed

Pain

Sorrow
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Tragic and bombastic

Forlorn and fatalistic

Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABBC

ABAB

ABCABC

ABBA
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Raccoon

Wolf

Coyote

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

Jet

Tar

Sable

Pitch
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?

Coddled

Soft

Wrapped in

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

A bronze medallion

A golden apple

A silver spoon

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 bolt of satin

A silk robe
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?

Couplets

Tercets

Quintains

Quatrains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Couplets

Pairs of contrasting images

Complex metaphors

Free verse
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?

Fire and water

Light and darkness

Thunder and lightning

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

Imagism

The Harlem Renaissance

The Black Mountain School

Futurism
18 How long is the poem?

Ten stanzas

Five stanzas

Eight stanzas

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

Poor

Unclear

Wealthy

Suffering
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

Wealthy, white children

Farmers

His parents

His children
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 difficult birth

The speaker's abusive parents

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?

Political upheaval

Trauma

A bad economy

Race
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?

Fate

Art

Fame

Time
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?

Indifferent

Warm

Excited

Harsh

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