Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her mother

Her husband

Her son

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

She is wealthier

She is more trusting

She is fairer

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

ABBA

ABCB

ABAB

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

Selfless

Cynical

Precocious

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

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A hut and a villa

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

The Dove

A silk scarf

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

Money

Clothing

Furniture

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

"Your love was writ in sand"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He changed me like a glove"

"He lifted you from mean estate"
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?

The son

The neighbors

The lord

Kate
11 Where is the poem set?

A medieval English town

A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school

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

The hymn

The ballad

The spiritual

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

Hyperbole

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Metonymy
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Octet

Quaitrain

Sestet

Quintain
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

Just

Beautiful

Light colored
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 demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

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

Average

Signify

Cruel

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

Power

Industrialization

War

Race
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?

Sand

Care

Sing

Moan
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

Higher education

Victorian sexual politics

Catholicism

The Vietnam war
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?

Peace

Monogamy

Conformity

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

Harvested

Natural

Blond

Thatched

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