Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her mother

Her son

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

She is more intelligent

She is fairer

She is wealthier

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?

Precocious

Cynical

Naive

Selfless
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?

A silk scarf

Blond hair

The Palace

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

Money

Makeup

Clothing

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

"Your love was writ in sand"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Hardened by sun and air"

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

Sexual

Familial

Maternal

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

The neighbors

The son

Kate

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?

A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s

A medieval English town

A monastery in Spain
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?

The hymn

The rock song

The spiritual

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

Onomatopoeia

Metonymy

Hyperbole

Simile
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Quaitrain

Sestet

Quintain

Octet
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?

Carnival

Light colored

Just

Beautiful
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 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?

Average

Cruel

Signify

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

Industrialization

Race

Power

War
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?

"cling closer"

"among the rye"

"wear his coronet"

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

Care

Moan

Sing

Sand
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

Higher education

The Vietnam war

Victorian sexual politics

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?

Spondees

Trochees

Iambs

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

Freedom

Peace

Conformity

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

Harvested

Thatched

Blond

Natural

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