Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her husband

Her son

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

She is more trusting

She is more intelligent

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

ABAB

ABCB

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

Naive

Precocious

Cynical
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A hut and a villa

A cottage and a palace

A studio apartment and a townhouse

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

Blond hair

The Palace

A silk scarf
7 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Money

Furniture

Makeup

Clothing
8 Which of the following is an example of simile?
"Your love was writ in sand"

"Hardened by sun and air"

"He lifted you from mean estate"

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

Familial

Divine

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

Kate

The son

The lord
11 Where is the poem set?
A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

Paris in the 1950s

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

The hymn

The spiritual

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

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

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

Quaitrain

Sestet

Octet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For failing to defend her against the lord

For spreading rumors of her promiscuity

For trying to influence her son

For refusing to help around the house
16 Which is NOT a possible meaning of the word "fair" as used in this poem?
Beautiful

Just

Carnival

Light colored
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 discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

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

By contrasting the purity of childhood with the jadedness of adulthood
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?
Power

War

Industrialization

Race
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?
Moan

Care

Sing

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

Higher education

Catholicism

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

Trochees

Spondees

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

Peace

Monogamy

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

Thatched

Harvested

Blond

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