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 celebrate a wedding

to celebrate easter

to mourn the death of love
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his pride and innocence

his job

his family

his faith and worth
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the high divorce rate

he's getting divorced

his mistress has left him

the prevelance of cheating
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
their employers

their enemies

lawyers

women
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because they are at war

because love is dead

because he is sick

because his mother has died
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
personification

allegory

metonymy

similie
7 Who executes Love's will?
an attorney

his sister

shame

blame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
his mother's

the audience's

his mistress's

God's
9 What is a dirge?
a poem about a war

a tragic play

a mournful song

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

Sir Wrong

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?
he is cremated

the speaker's mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Sir Wrong"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Love is Dead"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 2

Stanza 4
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
he was confused

rage

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so
16 Where does Love sleep?
in the mistress' heart

in his bed

in the speaker

in his winding-sheet
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
only her own

God's

the speaker's

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?
when the mistress finds what she deserves

never

after the speaker cheers up

in the morning
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
just deserts

time for dessert

the desert of the speaker's heart

an arid desert
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
his mistress

insanity

love itself

sleep

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