1 When was the poem published? 1927 1909 1931 1942 2 What is the poem about? The exploitation of Black labor A mythic tower The length of a shadow The events of a Stephen King novel 3 What is the form of the poem? Haiku English sonnet Villanelle Petrarchan sonnet 4 What literary movement was Cullen associated with? The Harlem Renaissance The Black Mountain School The French Symbolist Movement The Beats 5 What pronoun does the speaker us in the poem? He I We She 6 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Five couplets and a monostich Two tercets Three quatrains An octave and a sestet 7 Where is the problem stated in the poem? In the octave In the first two lines In the tercet In the volta 8 Who did Cullen identify as a major influence? Sylvia Plath Edna St. Vincent Millay Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston 9 What other writer was part of the Harlem Renaissance? Gertrude Stein Toni Morrison Claude McKay T.S. Eliot 10 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? Darkness Leaves Swords Roots 11 Who wrote "Harvest Song"? Claudia Rankine Jean Toomer Langston Hughes Countee Cullen 12 What does the speaker say about the dark parts of the night sky? That they are as beautiful as the stars That they are unnoticeable That they serve no function That they are a void 13 What do seeds represent in the poem? Harvest season Farm work Thankless labor A potentially better future 14 Which of the following poems was written by Langston Hughes? "Georgia Dusk" "From the Dark Tower" "Harvest Song" "Brass Spittoons" 15 What is the tone of the poem? Passionate but unfocused Resigned and dejected Anxious and uncertain Angry but hopeful 16 What does the word "sable" mean? bright colored darkly a soft cloth the night sky 17 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABCABC It doesn't have one ABBA and then AABBCC ABAB 18 What is the meter of the poem? Iambic trimeter Dactylic hexameter Dactylic octameter Iambic pentameter 19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "White stars is no less lovely being dark," "Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute," "The night whose sable breast relieves the stark," "We shall not always plant while others reap" 20 What flower is referred to in the poem? Sunflowers Bleeding hearts Snapdragons Gardenias 21 What is the meaning of the word "countenance"? Facial expression Initial impression Internal feeling Overwhelming emotion 22 What was the name of the collection the poem was published in? Color Cane The Weary Blues Copper Sun 23 What is the primary conflict of the poem? The speaker's wish to move away The speaker's desire for Black people to receive recognition and recompense for their work The speaker's desire to be free The speaker's frustration with their job 24 When does the climax of the poem occur? In the middle when the speaker expresses outrage In the middle when the speaker describes the night sky At the end, when the speaker expresses hope for the future At the beginning when the speaker makes a strong declaration 25 What does the speaker compare Black individuals to? Blooming flowers The dark parts of the night sky White stars Seeds