Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

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

to celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King

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

his pride and innocence

his job

his faith and worth
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
he's getting divorced

his mistress has left him

the high divorce rate

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

their enemies

their employers

lawyers
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?
metonymy

allegory

personification

similie
7 Who executes Love's will?
shame

blame

an attorney

his sister
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
the audience's

his mistress's

his mother's

God's
9 What is a dirge?
a song of celebration

a mournful song

a poem about a war

a tragic play
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 is dead (just as is love)

She is cold-hearted

She has transformed into stone

She is a doll
12 Where is Love buried?
Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's heart

the speaker's mistress' heart

he is cremated
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Sir Wrong"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 2

Stanza 4

Stanza 3

Stanza 1
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 his winding-sheet

in the mistress' heart

in the speaker

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
God's

only her own

Love's

the speaker'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?
an arid desert

just deserts

the desert of the speaker's heart

time for dessert
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
love itself

sleep

insanity

his mistress

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