Saturday’s Child Quizzes

Saturday's Child Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1921

1929

1925

1926
2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared?
Color

The Black Christ

Copper Sun

The Medea
3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference?
"Clementine"

"Monday's Child"

"Row Row Row Your Boat"

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

"For I was born on Saturday—"

"Some are teethed on a silver spoon,"

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

Sorrow

Pain

Greed
6 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Bitter and humorous

Forlorn and fatalistic

Angry and uncompromising

Tragic and bombastic
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABBA

ABAB

ABCABC

ABBC
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?
Tar

Sable

Pitch

Jet
10 What does the word "swaddled" mean?
Coddled

Soft

Drenched in sweat

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

A silver spoon

A silver arrow

A bronze medallion
12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford?
Poverty

Death

Pain

Sorrow
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?
Quatrains

Tercets

Couplets

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

Pairs of contrasting images

Couplets

Free verse
16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences?
Fire and water

Thunder and lightning

The moon and sun

Light and darkness
17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with?
The Black Mountain School

Futurism

Imagism

The Harlem Renaissance
18 How long is the poem?
Eight stanzas

Four stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Poor

Unclear

Suffering
20 Who does the speaker compare himself to?
Wealthy, white children

His parents

Farmers

His children
21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem?
The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life

The speaker's envy of other people's wealth

The speaker's difficult birth

The speaker's abusive parents
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

Art

Time

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

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

When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow

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

Excited

Indifferent

Warm

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