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