Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1926

1929

1925

1921
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
Color

The Medea

Copper Sun

The Black Christ
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Monday's Child"

"Clementine"

"London Bridge is Falling Down"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"The opulent fairies be;"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?
Pain

Poverty

Greed

Sorrow
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Tragic and bombastic

Forlorn and fatalistic

Angry and uncompromising

Bitter and humorous
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCABC

ABBC

ABBA

ABAB
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?
Raccoon

Coyote

Wolf

Lynx
9 What shade of black does the speaker describe the night he was born with?
Sable

Tar

Pitch

Jet
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Wrapped in

Coddled

Soft

Drenched in sweat
11 What functions as a symbol of privilege in the poem?
A golden apple

A bronze medallion

A silver arrow

A silver spoon
12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford?
Sorrow

Poverty

Pain

Death
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A sackcloth gown

A bolt of satin

A roll of twine

A silk robe
14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have?
Couplets

Tercets

Quatrains

Quintains
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?
Complex metaphors

Couplets

Pairs of contrasting images

Free verse
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Thunder and lightning

The moon and sun

Light and darkness

Fire and water
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
The Harlem Renaissance

Imagism

Futurism

The Black Mountain School
18 How long is the poem?
Eight stanzas

Five stanzas

Four stanzas

Ten stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?
Suffering

Poor

Wealthy

Unclear
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
His children

Farmers

His parents

Wealthy, white children
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?
The speaker's difficult birth

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's abusive parents

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth
22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages?
Political upheaval

A bad economy

Trauma

Race
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?
Fame

Time

Fate

Art
24 What is the climax of the poem?
When the speaker runs away from home

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth

When the speaker is born
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?
Harsh

Indifferent

Excited

Warm

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