Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her husband

Her cousin

Her mother

Her son
2 Why does the lord prefer Kate to the speaker?

She is more trusting

She is fairer

She is wealthier

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

ABAC

ABAB

ABBA

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

Selfless

Precocious

Naive

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

A cottage and a palace

A bungalow and a mansion

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?

The Palace

Blond hair

A silk scarf

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

Makeup

Money

Clothing

Furniture
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?

"He lifted you from mean estate"

"Your love was writ in sand"

"He changed me like a glove"

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

Maternal

Familial

Sexual

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

The son

The neighbors

The lord

Kate
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 ballad

The hymn

The rock song

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

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Metonymy

Simile
14 Which type of stanzas make up this poem?

Quaitrain

Octet

Sestet

Quintain
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?

For refusing to help around the house

For trying to influence her son

For failing to defend her against the lord

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

Light colored

Carnival

Just

Beautiful
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?

Average

Cruel

Signify

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

Race

War

Industrialization

Power
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?

"cling closer"

"wear his coronet"

"might have been a dove"

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

Care

Sing

Moan

Sand
22 What does Rossetti subtly critique in this work?

Catholicism

Victorian sexual politics

The Vietnam war

Higher education
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?

Iambs

Spondees

Trochees

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

Monogamy

Peace

Conformity

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

Harvested

Blond

Thatched

Natural

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