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