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