Christina Rossetti: Poems Quizzes

Christina Rossetti: Poems Quiz 1

1 Which of these authors was a friend of the Rossetti family?
Charles Dickens

Dante Alighieri

Emily Dickenson

Lewis Carroll
2 What was Christina Rossetti's pen name?
Silence Dogood

Ellen Alleyne

Henry Wade

Geoffrey Crayon
3 What was the name of the original Pre-Raphaelite journal?
The Guardian

Athenaeum

The Germ

The Rambler
4 Which author did Gabriel Rossetti primarily study?
Petrarch

Dante Alighieri

William Shakespeare

Vergil
5 What caused Christina Rossetti's death?
tuberculosis

Graves' disease

breast cancer

old age
6 What is the relationship between Lizzie and Laura in "Goblin Market"
sisters

cousins

acquaintances

mother and daughter
7 Where did Christina Rossetti spend the majority of her life?
Italy

France

Ireland

London
8 What was the subject of Christina Rossetti's first poem?
her father

her older brother

the death of the family pet

a school girl
9 Why did Christina Rossetti refuse so many offers of marriage?
None of the men were rich enough for her

None of them shared her religious views

She planned to become a nun

She never fell in love
10 Which statement about Christina Rossetti is false?
Christina Rossetti was not famous in her lifetime

Christina Rossetti never married

Christina Rossetti grew increasingly famous after her death

Christina Rossetti suffered from depression
11 In whose footsteps do scholars believe Rossetti followed?
her father's

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's

John Keats'

Lewis Carroll's
12 How many siblings did Rossetti have?
3

4

5

2
13 Fill in the blanks: "We must not ____ ____ goblin men"
buy from

speak to

steal from

encourage the
14 What are the goblin men selling?
delicious fruit

golden dishes

beautiful silks

exotic spices
15 Who printed Christina Rossetti's first poem?
her grandfather

James Collinson

her brother William

her brother Dante
16 Who is the narrator speaking to in "Death's Chill Between"
her mother

her sister

God

her father
17 What does sleep often symbolize in Rossetti's poems?
death

old age

spiritual inactivity

night
18 Which composer first set "In the Bleak Midwinter" to music?
R.O. Morris

William Rossetti

Gustav Holst

Harold Darke
19 What does the inn represent in "Up-Hill"?
safety

heaven

marriage

financial independence
20 What is the name of the poetry collection that includes "Baby Lies so Fast Asleep"?
Sing-Song

Poems

The Prince's Progress and Other Poems

Goblin Market and Other Poems
21 What is the name of the movement that Christina Rossetti's brothers were involved with?
Romanticism

Socialism

Social Gospel movement

Pre-Raphaelite movement
22 Which of the following poems did Christina Rossetti NOT write?
"To My Mother"

"A Match with the Moon"

"De Profundis"

"Bird Raptures"
23 In "The Convent Threshold," what does clay symbolize?
life's suffering

sin

the mutability of life

man in relation to God
24 Which statement about "Death's Chill Between" is false?
The man who Rossetti loved died when she was fifteen

Rossetti did not write "Death's Chill Between" from experience

Rossetti wrote "Death's Chill Between" to soothe her broken heart

"Death's Chill Between" is based on her mother's experiences
25 Why is Maude Clare upset?
she does not love her husband

she does not want to go to church

her lover married someone else

her lover is dead

The journey is the prominent symbol in this poem, and is open to a few different interpretations. The first interpretation is that the poem symbolizes the journey from birth to death. The darkening sky foreshadows the end of life, and the inn...

Asked by Aditya G #1082422

Answered by Aslan on 12/2/2020 3:29 AM