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