Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her mother

Her husband
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?
She is more trusting

She is more intelligent

She is fairer

She is wealthier
3 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCB

ABAC

ABBA

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

Naive

Selfless

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

A cottage and a palace

A studio apartment and a townhouse

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

Blond hair

The Dove

A silk scarf
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Clothing

Money

Furniture

Makeup
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"Your love was writ in sand"

"He changed me like a glove"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Hardened by sun and air"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Sexual

Divine

Maternal

Familial
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 medieval English town

Paris in the 1950s

A Victorian boarding school

A monastery in Spain
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?
Hyperbole

Metonymy

Simile

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

Octet

Sestet

Quaitrain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For trying to influence her son

For failing to defend her against the lord

For refusing to help around the house

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Just

Beautiful

Light colored

Carnival
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

By showing how her speaker is held to draconian standards of chastity

By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Humble

Cruel

Signify

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

Industrialization

Power

War
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?
Sing

Care

Sand

Moan
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
The Vietnam war

Victorian sexual politics

Higher education

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Spondees

Dactyls

Iambs

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

Conformity

Peace

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

Blond

Thatched

Harvested

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