Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1925

1926

1921

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

The Medea

Copper Sun

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

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Monday's Child"
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

Sorrow

Greed

Poverty
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Bitter and humorous

Angry and uncompromising

Tragic and bombastic

Forlorn and fatalistic
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABBC

ABCABC

ABBA

ABAB
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?
Raccoon

Coyote

Wolf

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

Sable

Jet

Pitch
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Wrapped in

Soft

Drenched in sweat

Coddled
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?
Pain

Sorrow

Death

Poverty
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A roll of twine

A bolt of satin

A silk robe

A sackcloth gown
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?
Couplets

Quatrains

Tercets

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

Pairs of contrasting images

Couplets

Complex metaphors
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?
Imagism

Futurism

The Black Mountain School

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

Four stanzas

Ten stanzas

Five stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?
Wealthy

Suffering

Unclear

Poor
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
Farmers

His children

His parents

Wealthy, white 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 abusive parents

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

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

Political upheaval

Race

Trauma
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?
Art

Fate

Time

Fame
24 What is the climax of the poem?
When the speaker is born

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

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

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

Warm

Indifferent

Excited

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