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 easter

to celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his family

his faith and worth

his job

his pride and innocence
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

lawyers

their employers
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?
allegory

personification

metonymy

similie
7 Who executes Love's will?
an attorney

shame

blame

his sister
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 poem about a war

a song of celebration

a tragic play
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 cold-hearted

She is a doll

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

he is cremated

the speaker's heart

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

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

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

Stanza 4

Stanza 3

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

someone else told him so

he was confused

he meant to trick his mistress
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?
God's

the speaker's

Love's

only her own
18 When will Love wake up?
never

after the speaker cheers up

when the mistress finds what she deserves

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

time for dessert

an arid desert

the desert of the speaker's heart
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
insanity

love itself

sleep

his mistress

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