Christina Rossetti: Poems Quizzes

Christina Rossetti: Poems Quiz 1

1 Which of these authors was a friend of the Rossetti family?
Emily Dickenson

Lewis Carroll

Charles Dickens

Dante Alighieri
2 What was Christina Rossetti's pen name?
Henry Wade

Ellen Alleyne

Geoffrey Crayon

Silence Dogood
3 What was the name of the original Pre-Raphaelite journal?
The Guardian

The Germ

The Rambler

Athenaeum
4 Which author did Gabriel Rossetti primarily study?
Vergil

William Shakespeare

Petrarch

Dante Alighieri
5 What caused Christina Rossetti's death?
tuberculosis

old age

breast cancer

Graves' disease
6 What is the relationship between Lizzie and Laura in "Goblin Market"
mother and daughter

acquaintances

cousins

sisters
7 Where did Christina Rossetti spend the majority of her life?
Ireland

Italy

France

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?
She never fell in love

None of them shared her religious views

None of the men were rich enough for her

She planned to become a nun
10 Which statement about Christina Rossetti is false?
Christina Rossetti suffered from depression

Christina Rossetti was not famous in her lifetime

Christina Rossetti never married

Christina Rossetti grew increasingly famous after her death
11 In whose footsteps do scholars believe Rossetti followed?
John Keats'

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's

Lewis Carroll's

her father's
12 How many siblings did Rossetti have?
4

3

2

5
13 Fill in the blanks: "We must not ____ ____ goblin men"
steal from

speak to

buy from

encourage the
14 What are the goblin men selling?
beautiful silks

golden dishes

delicious fruit

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

her brother William

her grandfather

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

God

her sister

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

spiritual inactivity

old age

night
18 Which composer first set "In the Bleak Midwinter" to music?
Harold Darke

R.O. Morris

William Rossetti

Gustav Holst
19 What does the inn represent in "Up-Hill"?
financial independence

heaven

marriage

safety
20 What is the name of the poetry collection that includes "Baby Lies so Fast Asleep"?
Goblin Market and Other Poems

Sing-Song

The Prince's Progress and Other Poems

Poems
21 What is the name of the movement that Christina Rossetti's brothers were involved with?
Pre-Raphaelite movement

Social Gospel movement

Socialism

Romanticism
22 Which of the following poems did Christina Rossetti NOT write?
"A Match with the Moon"

"Bird Raptures"

"To My Mother"

"De Profundis"
23 In "The Convent Threshold," what does clay symbolize?
man in relation to God

sin

life's suffering

the mutability of life
24 Which statement about "Death's Chill Between" is false?
Rossetti wrote "Death's Chill Between" to soothe her broken heart

"Death's Chill Between" is based on her mother's experiences

The man who Rossetti loved died when she was fifteen

Rossetti did not write "Death's Chill Between" from experience
25 Why is Maude Clare upset?
she does not want to go to church

her lover is dead

she does not love her husband

her lover married someone else

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