1 What collection did this poem appear in? Color Copper Sun One Way to Heaven The Medea and Other Poems 2 What is the tone of the poem? Triumphant Bitter Subdued Cold 3 Who wrote "Miscegenation"? Morgan Parker Maya Angelou Zora Neale Hurston Natasha Trethewey 4 When was the poem published? 1931 1925 1903 1919 5 Who are the protagonists of the poem? People looking out of a window Two men in an interracial relationship A white man crossing the street A crowd outside a store 6 What is the poem's meter Ballad meter Dactylic octameter Iambic pentameter Free verse 7 How many stanzas does the poem have? Three Two Twelve Four 8 What is the poem's genre? Ekphrasis Victorian poetry Love poetry Pastoral ode 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABCABC ABBCC ABAB ABBA 10 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Octaves Couplets Quatrains 11 What does the speaker compare the couple to? A crystal stair case The moonlight A bolt of lightning Thunder 12 What literary movement was Cullen commonly associated with? The Black Mountain Poets The French Symbolists The Harlem Renaissance The Beats 13 Which poet was a major influence on Cullen? W.B. Yeats Emily Dickinson John Keats Lord Byron 14 Who wrote "Cross"? Claude McKay Langston Hughes James Weldon Johnson Natasha Trethewey 15 Where did Cullen attend college? Brooklyn College Queens College New York University Columbia University 16 What is depicted in the second stanza of the poem? The disapproval of outside observers The couple's anger at the outside world The couple's romantic bliss A flower bed 17 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Indignant that these two should dare" "That lightning brilliant as a sword" "And here the fair folk talk," "Should blaze the path of thunder." 18 What is the speaker's view of the relationship? Negative Uncaring Ambivalent Positive 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the onlookers stare and whisper When the main characters cross the street When the main characters pay no attention to the indignation of others When the onlookers say hateful things 20 How are the two men described? Walking arm in arm Hugging Being far apart Holding hands 21 What does the word "sable" mean? soft black satin a cut of cloth 22 Which of the following lines is an examples of hyperbole? "Oblivious to look and word" "The golden splendor of the day," "And here the fair folk talk," "In unison to walk." 23 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Rain Night Day Lightning 24 When was Cullen born? 1905 1900 1903 1901 25 What does the word "splendor" mean? Yellow Brightness Sun Magnificence
