Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her mother

Her son

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

She is more intelligent

She is fairer

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

ABCB

ABBA

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

Naive

Selfless

Cynical
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?
The Palace

The Dove

A silk scarf

Blond hair
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Furniture

Makeup

Clothing

Money
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"He lifted you from mean estate"

"He changed me like a glove"

"Hardened by sun and air"

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

Maternal

Sexual

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

The lord

Kate

The son
11 Where is the poem set?
A Victorian boarding school

A medieval English town

Paris in the 1950s

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

The rock song

The ballad

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

Onomatopoeia

Simile

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

Sestet

Quaitrain

Quintain
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

Carnival

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 contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood

By demonstrating Kate's selfless moral purity in helping the speaker

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

Humble

Cruel

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

Power

Industrialization

War
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?
Sand

Care

Sing

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

Higher education

Victorian sexual politics

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Spondees

Dactyls

Iambs

Trochees
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

Natural

Blond

Thatched

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