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