Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her husband

Her mother

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

She is more trusting

She is wealthier

She is fairer

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

ABAB

ABAC

ABCB

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

Cynical

Precocious

Naive

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

A bungalow and a mansion

A cottage and a palace

A hut and a villa

A studio apartment and a townhouse
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?

The Palace

Blond hair

A silk scarf

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

Clothing

Furniture

Makeup

Money
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?

Divine

Maternal

Familial

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

Kate

The neighbors

The lord

The son
11 Where is the poem set?

A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?

The hymn

The rock song

The ballad

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

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Hyperbole
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Sestet

Quaitrain

Octet

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?

Light colored

Beautiful

Carnival

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

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class
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?

War

Power

Race

Industrialization
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?

"cling closer"

"might have been a dove"

"among the rye"

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

Care

Sing

Moan

Sand
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

Catholicism

The Vietnam war

Higher education

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

Spondees

Trochees

Iambs

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

Monogamy

Conformity

Freedom

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

Thatched

Blond

Harvested

Natural

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