Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her husband

Her cousin

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

She is more intelligent

She is more trusting

She is fairer
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?
Selfless

Naive

Cynical

Precocious
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A hut and a villa

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A cottage and a palace

A bungalow and a mansion
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?
Blond hair

A silk scarf

The Palace

The Dove
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Makeup

Money

Furniture

Clothing
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

Familial

Divine

Maternal
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?
Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school
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?
Metonymy

Simile

Onomatopoeia

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

Octet

Quintain

Quaitrain
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

Just

Carnival

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 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
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Signify

Average

Humble

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

Race

Industrialization

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

"cling closer"

"among the rye"

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

Sing

Sand

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

Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

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

Spondees

Trochees

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

Freedom

Peace

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

Harvested

Thatched

Blond

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