Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her son

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

She is fairer

She is wealthier

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

ABAC

ABAB

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

Cynical

Naive

Selfless
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A studio apartment and a townhouse

A bungalow and a mansion

A hut and a villa

A cottage and a palace
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?
The Dove

The Palace

Blond hair

A silk scarf
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?
"Hardened by sun and air"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"He changed me like a glove"

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

Sexual

Maternal

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

Kate

The neighbors

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?
A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

A medieval English town

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

The ballad

The spiritual

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

Simile

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia
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 failing to defend her against the lord

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?
Light colored

Just

Beautiful

Carnival
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?
Signify

Humble

Cruel

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

Industrialization

Power

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

"might have been a dove"

"among the rye"

"cling closer"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Moan

Care

Sand

Sing
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Higher education

Catholicism

The Vietnam war

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

Trochees

Iambs

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

Peace

Conformity

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

Harvested

Natural

Blond

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