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 more intelligent

She is more trusting

She is wealthier

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

ABAC

ABBA

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

Naive

Precocious

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

A studio apartment and a townhouse

A cottage and a palace

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

Blond hair

The Palace

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

Makeup

Furniture

Money
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

Sexual

Divine

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

The son

The lord

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

A monastery in Spain

A medieval English town

Paris in the 1950s
12 Which musical form does this poem mimic?
The ballad

The hymn

The spiritual

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

Hyperbole

Metonymy

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

Octet

Sestet

Quaitrain
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

Light colored

Carnival

Just
17 How does Rossetti explore the theme of purity in this work?
By discussing the purity and naivete of the aristocratic class

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
18 What does the word "mean" most closely mean in this poem?
Cruel

Humble

Signify

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

Race

Industrialization

War
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"might have been a dove"

"cling closer"

"wear his coronet"

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

Sing

Care

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

The Vietnam war

Higher education

Catholicism
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Spondees

Trochees

Iambs

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

Freedom

Monogamy

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

Thatched

Harvested

Blond

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