Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her son

Her mother

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

She is fairer

She is more trusting

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

ABCB

ABAC

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

Precocious

Cynical

Selfless
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A bungalow and a mansion

A cottage and a palace

A hut and a villa

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?
Clothing

Money

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?
Familial

Sexual

Maternal

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

The lord

The son

Kate
11 Where is the poem set?
Paris in the 1950s

A Victorian boarding school

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The ballad

The rock song

The spiritual

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

Simile

Hyperbole

Metonymy
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?
Sestet

Quintain

Octet

Quaitrain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For refusing to help around the house

For failing to defend her against the lord

For trying to influence her son

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

Beautiful

Just

Carnival
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?
Signify

Humble

Average

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

Power

Industrialization

War
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"wear his coronet"

"among the rye"

"cling closer"

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

Sand

Moan

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

Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

Higher education
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Dactyls

Iambs

Trochees

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

Monogamy

Peace

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

Thatched

Natural

Harvested

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