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 fairer

She is wealthier

She is more trusting

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

ABAB

ABAC

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

Selfless

Precocious

Cynical
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?
The Palace

Blond hair

A silk scarf

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

Makeup

Money

Clothing
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

Familial

Sexual

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

The neighbors

The son

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

A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s

A medieval English town
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The spiritual

The hymn

The rock song

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

Metonymy

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Quaitrain

Sestet

Octet

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

For failing to defend her against the lord

For refusing to help around the house

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

Beautiful

Carnival
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

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

Cruel

Signify

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

Race

Industrialization

Power
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?
Moan

Sing

Sand

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

Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

Higher education
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Dactyls

Trochees

Spondees

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

Freedom

Peace

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

Blond

Natural

Thatched

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