Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1926

1929

1921

1925
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?

Color

The Black Christ

The Medea

Copper Sun
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?

"London Bridge is Falling Down"

"Clementine"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

"Monday's Child"
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Death cut the strings that gave me life,"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

"The opulent fairies be;"

"For I was born on Saturday—"
5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem?

Greed

Pain

Sorrow

Poverty
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Angry and uncompromising

Tragic and bombastic

Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABBA

ABCABC

ABAB

ABBC
8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to?

Raccoon

Wolf

Coyote

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

Tar

Jet

Sable

Pitch
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?

Coddled

Soft

Wrapped in

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

A silver arrow

A golden apple

A bronze medallion

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

Death

Poverty

Pain

Sorrow
13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?

A roll of twine

A bolt of satin

A sackcloth gown

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

Quintains

Couplets

Quatrains

Tercets
15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems?

Pairs of contrasting images

Free verse

Couplets

Complex metaphors
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?

Thunder and lightning

The moon and sun

Fire and water

Light and darkness
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?

Futurism

The Harlem Renaissance

The Black Mountain School

Imagism
18 How long is the poem?

Four stanzas

Five stanzas

Ten stanzas

Eight stanzas
19 What does the word "opulent" mean?

Suffering

Unclear

Poor

Wealthy
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?

Farmers

His parents

Wealthy, white children

His children
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?

The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's abusive parents

The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

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

A bad economy

Political upheaval

Race

Trauma
23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem?

Fame

Fate

Time

Art
24 What is the climax of the poem?

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

When the speaker runs away from home

When the speaker is born

When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth
25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth?

Indifferent

Warm

Harsh

Excited

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