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