Cousin Kate Quizzes

Cousin Kate Quiz

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

Her husband

Her mother

Her cousin
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?
ABCB

ABAC

ABAB

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

Precocious

Cynical

Selfless
5 Which homes do the speaker and lord respectively live in?
A cottage and a palace

A hut and a villa

A bungalow and a mansion

A studio apartment and a townhouse
6 Which of the following can be considered a symbol of the speaker's identity?
Blond hair

A silk scarf

The Palace

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

Money

Makeup

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

Divine

Familial

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

Kate

The lord

The neighbors
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 hymn

The rock song

The spiritual

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

Octet

Quaitrain

Sestet
15 Why does the speaker express anger at Kate?
For trying to influence her son

For failing to defend her against the lord

For refusing to help around the house

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

Carnival

Beautiful

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 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?
Humble

Signify

Cruel

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

Industrialization

War

Race
20 Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
"among the rye"

"might have been a dove"

"cling closer"

"wear his coronet"
21 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Sing

Care

Sand

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

Catholicism

The Vietnam war

Higher education
23 Which type of metrical foot is used?
Trochees

Dactyls

Iambs

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

Thatched

Blond

Natural

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