Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her mother

Her cousin

Her husband
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?
She is wealthier

She is more trusting

She is more intelligent

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

ABAC

ABCB

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

Naive

Selfless

Cynical
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?
The Dove

Blond hair

A silk scarf

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

Furniture

Money

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

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"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

The neighbors

The son

Kate
11 Where is the poem set?
Paris in the 1950s

A medieval English town

A monastery in Spain

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

The spiritual

The rock song

The hymn
13 The coronet is an example of which of the following?
Simile

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Metonymy
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Octet

Quaitrain

Sestet

Quintain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For trying to influence her son

For failing to defend her against the lord

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?
Beautiful

Carnival

Just

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 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?
Humble

Average

Cruel

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

Industrialization

War

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

"cling closer"

"might have been a dove"

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

Moan

Sand

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

The Vietnam war

Higher education

Catholicism
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

Freedom

Monogamy

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

Thatched

Harvested

Natural

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