Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her son

Her mother

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

She is wealthier

She is more intelligent

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

ABCB

ABAB

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

Precocious

Selfless

Naive
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A hut and a villa

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A cottage and a palace

A bungalow and a mansion
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?
Makeup

Clothing

Furniture

Money
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?
Divine

Maternal

Familial

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

Kate

The lord

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

A monastery in Spain

Paris in the 1950s

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

The rock song

The ballad

The hymn
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

Octet

Quaitrain

Quintain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For failing to defend her against the lord

For refusing to help around the house

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?
Carnival

Light colored

Just

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

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Humble

Cruel

Average

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

Race

Industrialization

War
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?
Sand

Moan

Care

Sing
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

Higher education
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?
Peace

Monogamy

Freedom

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

Blond

Natural

Thatched

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