1 What collection did this poem appear in? One Way to Heaven The Medea and Other Poems Copper Sun Color 2 What is the tone of the poem? Cold Bitter Triumphant Subdued 3 Who wrote "Miscegenation"? Morgan Parker Zora Neale Hurston Natasha Trethewey Maya Angelou 4 When was the poem published? 1931 1903 1925 1919 5 Who are the protagonists of the poem? A white man crossing the street People looking out of a window Two men in an interracial relationship A crowd outside a store 6 What is the poem's meter Iambic pentameter Ballad meter Dactylic octameter Free verse 7 How many stanzas does the poem have? Twelve Two Four Three 8 What is the poem's genre? Love poetry Victorian poetry Pastoral ode Ekphrasis 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABBCC ABAB ABCABC 10 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Quatrains Couplets Octaves Tercets 11 What does the speaker compare the couple to? The moonlight A crystal stair case Thunder A bolt of lightning 12 What literary movement was Cullen commonly associated with? The Beats The Harlem Renaissance The French Symbolists The Black Mountain Poets 13 Which poet was a major influence on Cullen? Emily Dickinson Lord Byron John Keats W.B. Yeats 14 Who wrote "Cross"? Claude McKay Langston Hughes Natasha Trethewey James Weldon Johnson 15 Where did Cullen attend college? Queens College Brooklyn College Columbia University New York University 16 What is depicted in the second stanza of the poem? A flower bed The couple's anger at the outside world The couple's romantic bliss The disapproval of outside observers 17 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "And here the fair folk talk," "Indignant that these two should dare" "Should blaze the path of thunder." "That lightning brilliant as a sword" 18 What is the speaker's view of the relationship? Uncaring Positive Negative Ambivalent 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the main characters pay no attention to the indignation of others When the main characters cross the street When the onlookers stare and whisper When the onlookers say hateful things 20 How are the two men described? Hugging Being far apart Walking arm in arm Holding hands 21 What does the word "sable" mean? soft satin a cut of cloth black 22 Which of the following lines is an examples of hyperbole? "And here the fair folk talk," "In unison to walk." "Oblivious to look and word" "The golden splendor of the day," 23 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Night Lightning Day Rain 24 When was Cullen born? 1903 1901 1900 1905 25 What does the word "splendor" mean? Brightness Sun Yellow Magnificence