Countee Cullen Quiz

Countee Cullen was known for receiving distinctions in which subjects upon graduation?

• Latin, mathematics, English, history, and French

• Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

• Literature, biology, chemistry, and physics

• Art, music, physical education, and economics

Countee Cullen was a popular teacher at which school?

• New York University

• Harvard University

• Frederick Douglass Junior High School, PS 139

• The Opportunity magazine

What can you conclude about Cullen based on the information provided?

• He did not limit himself to only writing poetry in his career.

• He thought that poetry was the only worthwhile pursuit.

• He made sure to write letters to his friends.

• He wasn't a very good editor.

How did Cullen think about his racial identity in regards to how his poetry was thought of?

• He thought that his identity as an African American poet should be made clear to all readers whenever they read his poetry.

• He did not think much about his identity as an African American poet because no one ever made comments about it.

• He wanted to hide his racial identity so he never addressed racial themes in any of his poems.

• He wanted to be thought of as just a poet, not as an African American poet, even though many of his poems had racial themes.

What is the main idea of this text?

• Countee Cullen was a famous African American poet who became a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance and achieved many honors and awards in his career.

• Countee Cullen graduated from New York University with honors, and later went on to get his Master of Arts degree from Harvard University.

• "I Have a Rendezvous with Life" was the first poem Countee Cullen got published, and it appeared in the literary magazine of his high school.

• Countee Cullen attended Dewitt Clinton high school, which was a well-known and very good school in New York where he was one of few African American students.