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 fairer

She is more trusting

She is wealthier

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?
Cynical

Selfless

Precocious

Naive
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A studio apartment and a townhouse

A bungalow and a mansion

A cottage and a palace

A hut and a villa
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?
Furniture

Money

Clothing

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

"He changed me like a glove"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Your love was writ in sand"
9 Which type of love is NOT explored in this work?
Familial

Sexual

Divine

Maternal
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?
A medieval English town

A Victorian boarding school

Paris in the 1950s

A monastery in Spain
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The rock song

The spiritual

The hymn

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

Hyperbole

Simile

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

Quintain

Quaitrain

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

Beautiful

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 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?
Humble

Average

Signify

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

Industrialization

Race

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

"cling closer"

"might have been a dove"

"among the rye"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Sing

Care

Sand

Moan
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?
Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

Higher education

The Vietnam war
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Iambs

Trochees

Dactyls

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

Peace

Freedom

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

Blond

Natural

Thatched

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