Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"

to announce the arrival of the King

to mourn the death of love

to celebrate easter

to celebrate a wedding
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?

his family

his job

his faith and worth

his pride and innocence
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"

he's getting divorced

the high divorce rate

the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"

women

their enemies

lawyers

their employers
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?

because his mother has died

because he is sick

because they are at war

because love is dead
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?

personification

allegory

similie

metonymy
7 Who executes Love's will?

an attorney

blame

shame

his sister
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

his mother's

God's

his mistress's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?

a poem about a war

a mournful song

a tragic play

a song of celebration
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?

Sir Wrong

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Right

Love
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"

She has transformed into stone

She is dead (just as is love)

She is cold-hearted

She is a doll
12 Where is Love buried?

the speaker's heart

he is cremated

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Love is Dead"

"Sir Wrong"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?

Stanza 4

Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 2
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so

rage

he was confused
16 Where does Love sleep?

in the mistress' heart

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?

the speaker's

God's

only her own

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?

when the mistress finds what she deserves

never

in the morning

after the speaker cheers up
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?

an arid desert

time for dessert

the desert of the speaker's heart

just deserts
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?

his mistress

sleep

love itself

insanity

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