Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her son

Her husband

Her mother
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?

She is wealthier

She is fairer

She is more intelligent

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

ABBA

ABAB

ABCB

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

Naive

Cynical

Precocious

Selfless
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A cottage and a palace

A bungalow and a mansion

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

The Dove

The Palace

A silk scarf

Blond hair
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?

Furniture

Makeup

Money

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?

Familial

Sexual

Divine

Maternal
10 To whom does the speaker address the middle stanzas of the poem?

The neighbors

The son

Kate

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?

The ballad

The spiritual

The hymn

The rock song
13 The coronet is an example of which of the following?

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Simile
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Sestet

Quintain

Octet

Quaitrain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?

For refusing to help around the house

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For trying to influence her son

For failing to defend her against the lord
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?

Carnival

Just

Beautiful

Light colored
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?

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

By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?

Signify

Humble

Average

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

Race

War

Power

Industrialization
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?

"wear his coronet"

"among the rye"

"cling closer"

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

Sing

Care

Sand

Moan
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?

Trochees

Iambs

Dactyls

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

Conformity

Monogamy

Peace

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

Blond

Thatched

Harvested

Natural

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