Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her mother

Her husband

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

She is wealthier

She is more intelligent

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

ABBA

ABCB

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

Cynical

Selfless

Precocious
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A studio apartment and a townhouse

A hut and a villa

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

Clothing

Furniture

Money
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

Maternal

Sexual

Divine
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?
Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

A medieval English town
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

Hyperbole

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

Octet

Sestet

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

For trying to influence her son

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For refusing to help around the house
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Light colored

Carnival

Beautiful

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 demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Signify

Average

Cruel

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

Race

Industrialization

War
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"might have been a dove"

"cling closer"

"wear his coronet"

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

Sing

Moan

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

The Vietnam war

Catholicism

Higher education
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Spondees

Trochees

Dactyls

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

Conformity

Freedom

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

Thatched

Blond

Harvested

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