Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her son

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

She is more intelligent

She is wealthier

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

ABAC

ABAB

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

Selfless

Cynical

Precocious
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A cottage and a palace

A bungalow and a mansion

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?
A silk scarf

The Palace

Blond hair

The Dove
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Clothing

Makeup

Money

Furniture
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"Your love was writ in sand"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He changed me like a glove"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Maternal

Familial

Divine

Sexual
10 To whom does the speaker address the middle stanzas of the poem?
The lord

Kate

The neighbors

The son
11 Where is the poem set?
A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

A medieval English town

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

The spiritual

The ballad

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

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Simile
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Quintain

Sestet

Quaitrain

Octet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For refusing to help around the house

For failing to defend her against the lord

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For trying to influence her son
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Beautiful

Light colored

Carnival

Just
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By showing how her speaker is held to draconian standards of chastity
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Signify

Cruel

Average

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

Race

Power

Industrialization
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"among the rye"

"cling closer"

"might have been a dove"

"wear his coronet"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Moan

Sand

Care

Sing
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
The Vietnam war

Catholicism

Higher education

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

Spondees

Trochees

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

Freedom

Peace

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

Natural

Thatched

Blond

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