Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her husband

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

She is more trusting

She is wealthier

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

ABBA

ABCB

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

Selfless

Precocious

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

A bungalow and a mansion

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

A silk scarf

The Dove

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

Furniture

Clothing

Makeup
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He changed me like a glove"

"Your love was writ in sand"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Familial

Divine

Sexual

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

The neighbors

The son

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?
A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school

A monastery in Spain

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

The rock song

The spiritual

The ballad
13 The coronet is an example of which of the following?
Metonymy

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Quaitrain

Sestet

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 refusing to help around the house

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Beautiful

Just

Carnival

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 discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

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

Average

Cruel

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

Race

Power

War
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"wear his coronet"

"might have been a dove"

"cling closer"

"among the rye"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Care

Moan

Sing

Sand
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

Catholicism

Higher education
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Trochees

Spondees

Dactyls

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

Conformity

Peace

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

Blond

Harvested

Natural

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