Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her husband

Her son

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

She is more intelligent

She is wealthier

She is more trusting

She is fairer
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABCB

ABAC

ABBA

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

Selfless

Cynical

Precocious

Naive
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

The Palace

A silk scarf
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?

Makeup

Money

Clothing

Furniture
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?

"He changed me like a glove"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Hardened by sun and air"

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

Maternal

Divine

Sexual

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

The neighbors

Kate

The lord

The son
11 Where is the poem set?

A monastery in Spain

Paris in the 1950s

A medieval English town

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

The spiritual

The rock song

The hymn

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

Simile

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Sestet

Quaitrain

Quintain

Octet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?

For trying to influence her son

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For failing to defend her against the lord

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

Just

Carnival

Light colored

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

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

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

Average

Humble

Signify

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

Industrialization

Race

Power

War
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?

Moan

Care

Sand

Sing
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

The Vietnam war

Higher education

Victorian sexual politics

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?

Trochees

Dactyls

Spondees

Iambs
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?

Thatched

Harvested

Natural

Blond

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