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