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 easter

to celebrate a wedding

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

his job

his family

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

the high divorce rate

the prevelance of cheating

he's getting divorced
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
women

lawyers

their enemies

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?
similie

metonymy

allegory

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?
blame

an attorney

his sister

shame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
God's

his mistress's

his mother's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?
a tragic play

a song of celebration

a poem about a war

a mournful song
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Sir Right

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong

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

She is cold-hearted

She is dead (just as is love)

She has transformed into stone
12 Where is Love buried?
he is cremated

the speaker's heart

the speaker's mistress' heart

Nottingham cemetery
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Sir Wrong"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 3

Stanza 4

Stanza 1

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

he meant to trick his mistress

he was confused

someone else told him so
16 Where does Love sleep?
in the speaker

in his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the mistress' heart
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
only her own

God's

Love's

the speaker's
18 When will Love wake up?
in the morning

never

when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up
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?
love itself

insanity

sleep

his mistress

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