Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"
to mourn the death of love

to celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate easter
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his pride and innocence

his family

his job

his faith and worth
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced

the high divorce rate
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
lawyers

their employers

women

their enemies
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because love is dead

because he is sick

because they are at war

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

metonymy

allegory

similie
7 Who executes Love's will?
blame

his sister

shame

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

God's

the audience's

his mistress's
9 What is a dirge?
a mournful song

a tragic play

a poem about a war

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

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong

Sir Right
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"
She is a doll

She is cold-hearted

She has transformed into stone

She is dead (just as is love)
12 Where is Love buried?
the speaker's mistress' heart

he is cremated

Nottingham cemetery

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

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Sir Wrong"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 2

Stanza 4

Stanza 1

Stanza 3
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
he was confused

rage

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
Love's

God's

only her own

the speaker's
18 When will Love wake up?
never

when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up

in the morning
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?
insanity

love itself

sleep

his mistress

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