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

Her son

Her mother

Her cousin
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?
She is fairer

She is more trusting

She is more intelligent

She is wealthier
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

ABBA

ABAC

ABCB
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 hut and a villa

A bungalow and a mansion

A studio apartment and a townhouse

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

A silk scarf

The Dove

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

Money

Makeup

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

"He changed me like a glove"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He lifted you from mean estate"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Sexual

Familial

Divine

Maternal
10 To whom does the speaker address the middle stanzas of the poem?
The lord

The neighbors

Kate

The son
11 Where is the poem set?
Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

A medieval English town
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?
Octet

Quintain

Sestet

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

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For refusing to help around the house

For failing to defend her against the lord
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Just

Beautiful

Carnival

Light colored
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By showing how her speaker is held to draconian standards of chastity

By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Humble

Signify

Cruel

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

Industrialization

War

Power
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"cling closer"

"wear his coronet"

"might have been a dove"

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

Sing

Moan

Care
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?
Iambs

Spondees

Trochees

Dactyls
24 Which of the following can the dove NOT be said to signify?
Conformity

Peace

Monogamy

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

Harvested

Blond

Natural

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