Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

1 To whom does the speaker address the poem's final lines?
Her cousin

Her son

Her mother

Her husband
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?
She is wealthier

She is fairer

She is more trusting

She is more intelligent
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCB

ABAC

ABAB

ABBA
4 Which best describes the speaker at the start of the poem's events?
Naive

Selfless

Precocious

Cynical
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A bungalow and a mansion

A cottage and a palace

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A hut and a villa
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?
The Dove

Blond hair

A silk scarf

The Palace
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Makeup

Money

Furniture

Clothing
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"He changed me like a glove"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"Your love was writ in sand"

"He lifted you from mean estate"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Maternal

Familial

Sexual

Divine
10 To whom does the speaker address the middle stanzas of the poem?
The son

The neighbors

The lord

Kate
11 Where is the poem set?
Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The rock song

The hymn

The ballad

The spiritual
13 The coronet is an example of which of the following?
Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Simile

Metonymy
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Sestet

Octet

Quaitrain

Quintain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For failing to defend her against the lord

For trying to influence her son

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For refusing to help around the house
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Carnival

Light colored

Just

Beautiful
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

By showing how her speaker is held to draconian standards of chastity

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Average

Cruel

Humble

Signify
19 Which of the following themes is prominent in this poem?
Industrialization

Race

War

Power
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"cling closer"

"wear his coronet"

"among the rye"

"might have been a dove"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Sand

Moan

Care

Sing
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Higher education

The Vietnam war

Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Iambs

Trochees

Spondees

Dactyls
24 Which of the following can the dove NOT be said to signify?
Conformity

Peace

Monogamy

Freedom
25 What does the word "flaxen" most closely mean in this poem?
Harvested

Natural

Thatched

Blond

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