Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1921

1926

1925

1929
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
Copper Sun

The Medea

The Black Christ

Color
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?
"The opulent fairies be;"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"For I was born on Saturday—"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?
Pain

Sorrow

Greed

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

Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic

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

ABBC

ABCABC

ABBA
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?
Jet

Tar

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 golden apple

A silver arrow

A bronze medallion

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

Sorrow

Poverty

Pain
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?
Tercets

Couplets

Quatrains

Quintains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Couplets

Free verse

Pairs of contrasting images

Complex metaphors
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Fire and water

The moon and sun

Light and darkness

Thunder and lightning
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
Futurism

Imagism

The Harlem Renaissance

The Black Mountain School
18 How long is the poem?
Four stanzas

Eight stanzas

Five 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

Farmers

His parents

His children
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?
The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's abusive parents
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?
A bad economy

Political upheaval

Trauma

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's father says unkind things about his birth

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker is born

When the speaker runs away from home
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?
Warm

Harsh

Excited

Indifferent

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