Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

By Eleanor Stern · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed March 02, 2022

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

Her mother

Her husband

Her cousin

Her son
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?

She is more intelligent

She is wealthier

She is fairer

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

ABCB

ABAB

ABBA

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

Cynical

Precocious

Naive

Selfless
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 Dove

The Palace

Blond hair

A silk scarf
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?

Money

Clothing

Furniture

Makeup
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?

"Your love was writ in sand"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"He changed me like a glove"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?

Familial

Divine

Sexual

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

The son

The neighbors

Kate

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?

A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

A medieval English town

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

The spiritual

The rock song

The hymn

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

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Hyperbole

Metonymy
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Octet

Sestet

Quaitrain

Quintain
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?

Beautiful

Light colored

Carnival

Just
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?

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

By showing how her speaker is held to draconian standards of chastity
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?

Cruel

Signify

Average

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

Race

War

Power

Industrialization
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?

Sing

Care

Sand

Moan
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

The Vietnam war

Victorian sexual politics

Higher education

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?

Trochees

Dactyls

Spondees

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

Monogamy

Freedom

Conformity

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

Natural

Blond

Harvested

Thatched

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