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 Black Christ

Copper Sun

Color

The Medea
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?

"Monday's Child"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Clementine"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"The opulent fairies be;"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

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

Poverty

Pain

Sorrow

Greed
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic

Angry and uncompromising

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

ABBC

ABBA

ABAB

ABCABC
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Wolf

Lynx

Coyote

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

Jet

Pitch

Tar

Sable
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?

Soft

Coddled

Wrapped in

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

A bronze medallion

A silver spoon

A golden apple

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

Pain

Poverty

Death

Sorrow
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?

A silk robe

A sackcloth gown

A roll of twine

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

Tercets

Couplets

Quatrains

Quintains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Free verse

Pairs of contrasting images

Complex metaphors

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

The moon and sun

Thunder and lightning

Light and darkness

Fire and water
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?

Futurism

The Black Mountain School

The Harlem Renaissance

Imagism
18 How long is the poem?

Eight stanzas

Four stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Wealthy

Poor

Unclear

Suffering
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

His parents

His children

Wealthy, white children

Farmers
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?

The speaker's abusive parents

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's difficult birth

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

A bad economy

Race

Trauma

Political upheaval
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?

Time

Fate

Art

Fame
24 What is the climax of the poem?

When the speaker is born

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth

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

Warm

Indifferent

Excited

Harsh

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