1 What collection did this poem appear in? Color The Medea and Other Poems One Way to Heaven Copper Sun 2 What is the tone of the poem? Triumphant Subdued Cold Bitter 3 Who wrote "Miscegenation"? Maya Angelou Natasha Trethewey Zora Neale Hurston Morgan Parker 4 When was the poem published? 1925 1931 1903 1919 5 Who are the protagonists of the poem? Two men in an interracial relationship A crowd outside a store People looking out of a window A white man crossing the street 6 What is the poem's meter Free verse Iambic pentameter Dactylic octameter Ballad meter 7 How many stanzas does the poem have? Three Twelve Four Two 8 What is the poem's genre? Love poetry Pastoral ode Victorian poetry Ekphrasis 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABAB ABBCC ABBA ABCABC 10 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Couplets Tercets Quatrains Octaves 11 What does the speaker compare the couple to? Thunder A crystal stair case A bolt of lightning The moonlight 12 What literary movement was Cullen commonly associated with? The French Symbolists The Harlem Renaissance The Black Mountain Poets The Beats 13 Which poet was a major influence on Cullen? John Keats Emily Dickinson W.B. Yeats Lord Byron 14 Who wrote "Cross"? Natasha Trethewey Langston Hughes Claude McKay James Weldon Johnson 15 Where did Cullen attend college? Brooklyn College New York University Queens College Columbia University 16 What is depicted in the second stanza of the poem? The disapproval of outside observers The couple's romantic bliss A flower bed The couple's anger at the outside world 17 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Should blaze the path of thunder." "And here the fair folk talk," "Indignant that these two should dare" "That lightning brilliant as a sword" 18 What is the speaker's view of the relationship? Negative Positive Uncaring Ambivalent 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the onlookers stare and whisper When the main characters cross the street 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? Being far apart Holding hands Hugging Walking arm in arm 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? "Oblivious to look and word" "And here the fair folk talk," "In unison to walk." "The golden splendor of the day," 23 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Night Day Rain Lightning 24 When was Cullen born? 1900 1901 1905 1903 25 What does the word "splendor" mean? Sun Yellow Brightness Magnificence