1 When was the poem published? 1927 1931 1909 1942 2 What is the poem about? The length of a shadow The events of a Stephen King novel The exploitation of Black labor A mythic tower 3 What is the form of the poem? English sonnet Haiku Petrarchan sonnet Villanelle 4 What literary movement was Cullen associated with? The Black Mountain School The Beats The French Symbolist Movement The Harlem Renaissance 5 What pronoun does the speaker us in the poem? I He She We 6 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Three quatrains An octave and a sestet Two tercets Five couplets and a monostich 7 Where is the problem stated in the poem? In the octave In the volta In the tercet In the first two lines 8 Who did Cullen identify as a major influence? Sylvia Plath Edna St. Vincent Millay Zora Neale Hurston Langston Hughes 9 What other writer was part of the Harlem Renaissance? Toni Morrison T.S. Eliot Gertrude Stein Claude McKay 10 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? Swords Darkness Leaves Roots 11 Who wrote "Harvest Song"? Langston Hughes Claudia Rankine Jean Toomer Countee Cullen 12 What does the speaker say about the dark parts of the night sky? That they serve no function That they are unnoticeable That they are a void That they are as beautiful as the stars 13 What do seeds represent in the poem? Harvest season Thankless labor A potentially better future Farm work 14 Which of the following poems was written by Langston Hughes? "Harvest Song" "Brass Spittoons" "From the Dark Tower" "Georgia Dusk" 15 What is the tone of the poem? Angry but hopeful Passionate but unfocused Resigned and dejected Anxious and uncertain 16 What does the word "sable" mean? the night sky bright a soft cloth colored darkly 17 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? It doesn't have one ABCABC ABAB ABBA and then AABBCC 18 What is the meter of the poem? Iambic trimeter Iambic pentameter Dactylic octameter Dactylic hexameter 19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute," "White stars is no less lovely being dark," "We shall not always plant while others reap" "The night whose sable breast relieves the stark," 20 What flower is referred to in the poem? Bleeding hearts Gardenias Snapdragons Sunflowers 21 What is the meaning of the word "countenance"? Overwhelming emotion Internal feeling Facial expression Initial impression 22 What was the name of the collection the poem was published in? Copper Sun Cane The Weary Blues Color 23 What is the primary conflict of the poem? The speaker's wish to move away The speaker's desire to be free The speaker's frustration with their job The speaker's desire for Black people to receive recognition and recompense for their work 24 When does the climax of the poem occur? In the middle when the speaker expresses outrage In the middle when the speaker describes the night sky At the end, when the speaker expresses hope for the future At the beginning when the speaker makes a strong declaration 25 What does the speaker compare Black individuals to? Blooming flowers The dark parts of the night sky White stars Seeds