Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her husband

Her cousin

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

She is more intelligent

She is wealthier

She is fairer
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?
Selfless

Precocious

Cynical

Naive
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A bungalow and a mansion

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A cottage and a palace

A hut and a villa
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?
A silk scarf

Blond hair

The Dove

The Palace
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?
"Your love was writ in sand"

"He changed me like a glove"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Hardened by sun and air"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Divine

Sexual

Maternal

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

The lord

The son

Kate
11 Where is the poem set?
A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The hymn

The ballad

The spiritual

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

Onomatopoeia

Simile

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

Quintain

Quaitrain

Octet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For refusing to help around the house

For failing to defend her against the lord

For trying to influence her son
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Light colored

Just

Carnival

Beautiful
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

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
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Average

Signify

Humble

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

War

Industrialization

Race
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"might have been a dove"

"wear his coronet"

"among the rye"

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

Moan

Care

Sing
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
The Vietnam war

Higher education

Catholicism

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

Iambs

Dactyls

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

Peace

Freedom

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

Thatched

Natural

Blond

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