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 wealthier

She is fairer

She is more trusting

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

ABAC

ABAB

ABCB

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

Precocious

Selfless

Cynical

Naive
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?

A hut and a villa

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A bungalow and a mansion

A cottage and a palace
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?

The Palace

A silk scarf

The Dove

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

Makeup

Money

Clothing

Furniture
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?

Sexual

Maternal

Divine

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

Kate

The lord

The son

The neighbors
11 Where is the poem set?

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

Paris in the 1950s

A Victorian boarding school
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?

Simile

Hyperbole

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Quaitrain

Sestet

Quintain

Octet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?

For refusing to help around the house

For failing to defend her against the lord

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

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 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

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

Average

Humble

Signify

Cruel
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"

"wear his coronet"

"cling closer"

"might have been a dove"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

Sing

Sand

Care

Moan
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

The Vietnam war

Catholicism

Higher education

Victorian sexual politics
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?

Dactyls

Spondees

Iambs

Trochees
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?

Harvested

Thatched

Blond

Natural

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