Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her cousin

Her husband

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

She is wealthier

She is fairer

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

ABCB

ABAB

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

Selfless

Naive

Cynical
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A cottage and a palace

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A hut and a villa

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

The Palace

A silk scarf

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

Money

Makeup

Clothing
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"Hardened by sun and air"

"Your love was writ in sand"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

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

Divine

Familial

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

The neighbors

The son

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?
A medieval English town

Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain

A Victorian boarding school
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The rock song

The spiritual

The ballad

The hymn
13 The coronet is an example of which of the following?
Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Simile
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Quaitrain

Quintain

Octet

Sestet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For trying to influence her son

For failing to defend her against the lord

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

Beautiful

Just
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 contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Cruel

Average

Signify

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

Industrialization

Race

Power
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

Sand

Sing

Moan
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

Higher education

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Iambs

Dactyls

Trochees

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

Freedom

Monogamy

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

Blond

Thatched

Natural

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