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