Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her husband

Her mother

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

She is fairer

She is more intelligent

She is more trusting
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?
Naive

Precocious

Cynical

Selfless
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A bungalow and a mansion

A hut and a villa

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

The Dove

The Palace

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

Clothing

Makeup

Money
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"Hardened by sun and air"

"He changed me like a glove"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

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

Divine

Sexual

Familial
10 To whom does the speaker address the middle stanzas of the poem?
The son

The lord

Kate

The neighbors
11 Where is the poem set?
A Victorian boarding school

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

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

The ballad

The hymn

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

Hyperbole

Simile

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

Octet

Quaitrain

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

For failing to defend her against the lord

For refusing to help around the house

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Beautiful

Light colored

Just

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

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

Humble

Average

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

Power

Race

Industrialization
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"among the rye"

"might have been a dove"

"cling closer"

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

Sing

Sand

Care
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

Higher education

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

Trochees

Iambs

Spondees
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?
Natural

Harvested

Blond

Thatched

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