Incident Quizzes

Incident Quiz

1 Which literary movement was Cullen a part of?
Vorticism

Romanticism

the Harlem Renaissance

the Renaissance
2 What style of poetry did Cullen prefer?
Futurist

Free verse

Blues

Formalist
3 Incident is written in ___ form
sonnet

ballad

romantic

stanza
4 The poem takes place in
Bakersfield

Paris

Baltimore

Boston
5 The speaker and the Baltimorean are both
ten and tall

smiling

African American

eight and small
6 Which of the following can "whit" NOT mean?
a little bit

white

intelligence

a creature or human
7 What can the speaker remember about Baltimore?
the rain and snow

the color of the trees

being called the n-word

the name of the other boy
8 "Heart-filled, head-filled" is an example of
alliteration

irony

paradox

chiasmus
9 "He poked out / His tongue" is an example of
allusion

allegory

enjambment

motif
10 "Double consciousness" is a concept formulated by
Langston Hughes

Countee Cullen

John Keats

W.E.B. Du Bois
11 Cullen wanted to be seen as what kind of poet?
a New York poet

an African American poet

a Romantic poet

Simply a poet
12 In ballad form, which lines of each stanza rhyme?
The first and third

The first and second

All of them

The second and fourth

Incident Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Incident is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Study Guide for Incident

Incident study guide contains a biography of Countee Cullen, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Incident…