Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her son

Her husband

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

She is fairer

She is more intelligent

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

ABAC

ABAB

ABCB
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 bungalow and a mansion

A cottage and a palace

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A hut and a villa
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

Money

Clothing

Makeup
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"He lifted you from mean estate"

"He changed me like a glove"

"Hardened by sun and air"

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

Familial

Sexual

Divine
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 medieval English town

A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

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

The rock song

The spiritual

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

Simile

Onomatopoeia

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

Octet

Quaitrain

Sestet
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?
Carnival

Just

Beautiful

Light colored
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 contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Cruel

Signify

Humble

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

Race

Industrialization

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

"cling closer"

"might have been a dove"

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

Moan

Sing

Care
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

Higher education

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Trochees

Spondees

Dactyls

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

Monogamy

Freedom

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

Thatched

Natural

Blond

Cousin Kate Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Cousin Kate is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for Cousin Kate

Cousin Kate study guide contains a biography of Christina Rossetti, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Cousin Kate…