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