1 What collection did this poem appear in? One Way to Heaven The Medea and Other Poems Copper Sun Color 2 What is the tone of the poem? Cold Subdued Triumphant Bitter 3 Who wrote "Miscegenation"? Maya Angelou Morgan Parker Natasha Trethewey Zora Neale Hurston 4 When was the poem published? 1925 1919 1931 1903 5 Who are the protagonists of the poem? People looking out of a window Two men in an interracial relationship A white man crossing the street A crowd outside a store 6 What is the poem's meter Free verse Dactylic octameter Ballad meter Iambic pentameter 7 How many stanzas does the poem have? Four Twelve Three Two 8 What is the poem's genre? Victorian poetry Love poetry Ekphrasis Pastoral ode 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABAB ABBA ABBCC ABCABC 10 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Quatrains Tercets Octaves Couplets 11 What does the speaker compare the couple to? The moonlight A bolt of lightning A crystal stair case Thunder 12 What literary movement was Cullen commonly associated with? The Harlem Renaissance The Beats The French Symbolists The Black Mountain Poets 13 Which poet was a major influence on Cullen? John Keats W.B. Yeats Lord Byron Emily Dickinson 14 Who wrote "Cross"? Natasha Trethewey Langston Hughes Claude McKay James Weldon Johnson 15 Where did Cullen attend college? Columbia University Queens College New York University Brooklyn College 16 What is depicted in the second stanza of the poem? A flower bed The couple's anger at the outside world The disapproval of outside observers The couple's romantic bliss 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? Positive Negative Ambivalent Uncaring 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 onlookers say hateful things When the main characters cross the street 20 How are the two men described? Walking arm in arm Holding hands Being far apart Hugging 21 What does the word "sable" mean? satin a cut of cloth black soft 22 Which of the following lines is an examples of hyperbole? "And here the fair folk talk," "The golden splendor of the day," "In unison to walk." "Oblivious to look and word" 23 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Rain Night Lightning Day 24 When was Cullen born? 1900 1901 1905 1903 25 What does the word "splendor" mean? Magnificence Brightness Yellow Sun
