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 more intelligent

She is fairer

She is more trusting

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

ABAC

ABBA

ABCB

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

Naive

Selfless

Precocious

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

A hut and a villa

A cottage and a palace

A bungalow and a mansion

A studio apartment and a townhouse
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?

Blond hair

The Palace

The Dove

A silk scarf
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"

"He changed me like a glove"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He lifted you from mean estate"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?

Maternal

Sexual

Divine

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

The lord

Kate

The son

The neighbors
11 Where is the poem set?

A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school

A monastery in Spain

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

The ballad

The hymn

The rock song

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

Metonymy

Simile

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Quaitrain

Quintain

Sestet

Octet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?

For trying to influence her son

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For refusing to help around the house

For failing to defend her against the lord
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?

Just

Light colored

Carnival

Beautiful
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 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?

Average

Signify

Humble

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

Industrialization

Race

Power

War
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?

"wear his coronet"

"might have been a dove"

"among the rye"

"cling closer"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

Moan

Care

Sing

Sand
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

Higher education

Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?

Trochees

Iambs

Spondees

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

Conformity

Monogamy

Peace

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

Harvested

Natural

Blond

Thatched

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