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? Triumphant Bitter Subdued Cold 3 Who wrote "Miscegenation"? Maya Angelou Morgan Parker Zora Neale Hurston Natasha Trethewey 4 When was the poem published? 1903 1925 1931 1919 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 Dactylic octameter Ballad meter Free verse Iambic pentameter 7 How many stanzas does the poem have? Four Two Three Twelve 8 What is the poem's genre? Love poetry Pastoral ode Ekphrasis Victorian poetry 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABCABC ABAB ABBA ABBCC 10 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Octaves Couplets Quatrains 11 What does the speaker compare the couple to? The moonlight A bolt of lightning Thunder A crystal stair case 12 What literary movement was Cullen commonly associated with? The Beats The Harlem Renaissance The Black Mountain Poets The French Symbolists 13 Which poet was a major influence on Cullen? Emily Dickinson Lord Byron John Keats W.B. Yeats 14 Who wrote "Cross"? Langston Hughes Natasha Trethewey Claude McKay James Weldon Johnson 15 Where did Cullen attend college? Columbia University Brooklyn College New York University Queens College 16 What is depicted in the second stanza of the poem? The couple's anger at the outside world The disapproval of outside observers A flower bed The couple's romantic bliss 17 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "That lightning brilliant as a sword" "Should blaze the path of thunder." "And here the fair folk talk," "Indignant that these two should dare" 18 What is the speaker's view of the relationship? Ambivalent Negative Positive Uncaring 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? Hugging Holding hands Walking arm in arm Being far apart 21 What does the word "sable" mean? soft black a cut of cloth satin 22 Which of the following lines is an examples of hyperbole? "The golden splendor of the day," "And here the fair folk talk," "Oblivious to look and word" "In unison to walk." 23 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? Rain Night Day Lightning 24 When was Cullen born? 1903 1905 1901 1900 25 What does the word "splendor" mean? Sun Magnificence Brightness Yellow