Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her mother

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

She is more trusting

She is fairer

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

ABAC

ABCB

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

Precocious

Naive

Cynical
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A cottage and a palace

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A hut and a villa

A bungalow and a mansion
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?
The Palace

The Dove

A silk scarf

Blond hair
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Clothing

Money

Makeup

Furniture
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?
Sexual

Familial

Divine

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

The neighbors

The son

Kate
11 Where is the poem set?
A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s

A medieval English town

A monastery in Spain
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?
Simile

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

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

Quaitrain

Quintain

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

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

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?
Beautiful

Carnival

Light colored

Just
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 discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

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

Signify

Humble

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

Industrialization

War

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

"might have been a dove"

"among the rye"

"wear his coronet"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Moan

Sing

Care

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

Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Trochees

Iambs

Spondees

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

Conformity

Peace

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

Harvested

Natural

Blond

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