1 When was the poem published? 1921 1929 1925 1926 2 What was the name of the collection in which the poem appeared? Color The Medea The Black Christ Copper Sun 3 What nursery rhyme does the poem's title reference? "Clementine" "Monday's Child" "London Bridge is Falling Down" "Row Row Row Your Boat" 4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "The opulent fairies be;" "For I was born on Saturday—" "Death cut the strings that gave me life," "Some are teethed on a silver spoon," 5 Which of the following concepts is NOT personified in the poem? Poverty Greed Sorrow Pain 6 What best describes the tone of the poem? Bitter and humorous Tragic and bombastic Forlorn and fatalistic Angry and uncompromising 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABCABC ABBA ABAB ABBC 8 What animal does the speaker compare himself to? Lynx Wolf Coyote Raccoon 9 What shade of black does the speaker describe the night he was born with? Pitch Tar Jet Sable 10 What does the word "swaddled" mean? Coddled Soft Wrapped in Drenched in sweat 11 What functions as a symbol of privilege in the poem? A silver spoon A bronze medallion A silver arrow A golden apple 12 What does the speaker say was the only midwife his parents could afford? Sorrow Poverty Pain Death 13 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? A roll of twine A bolt of satin A silk robe A sackcloth gown 14 What kind of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Quintains Quatrains Couplets 15 What does Cullen frequently use in his poems? Free verse Couplets Complex metaphors Pairs of contrasting images 16 What imagery does the poem use to suggest racial differences? The moon and sun Fire and water Thunder and lightning Light and darkness 17 What literary movement was Cullen associated with? Imagism The Harlem Renaissance The Black Mountain School Futurism 18 How long is the poem? Ten stanzas Eight stanzas Five stanzas Four stanzas 19 What does the word "opulent" mean? Suffering Wealthy Poor Unclear 20 Who does the speaker compare himself to? His children His parents Farmers Wealthy, white children 21 What is the main source of conflict in the poem? The speaker's abusive parents The speaker's envy of other people's wealth The circumstances that have held back the speaker his whole life The speaker's difficult birth 22 What does the speaker imply contributes significantly to his family's disadvantages? Political upheaval Trauma A bad economy Race 23 Which of the following is a theme in the poem? Fate Fame Time Art 24 What is the climax of the poem? When the speaker describes his midwife as sorrow When the speaker runs away from home When the speaker is born When the speaker's father says unkind things about his birth 25 What word best describes the speaker's father's comments about his birth? Warm Indifferent Excited Harsh