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 announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate a wedding
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?

his family

his pride and innocence

his faith and worth

his job
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"

the high divorce rate

he's getting divorced

the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"

lawyers

women

their employers

their enemies
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?

because his mother has died

because he is sick

because love is dead

because they are at war
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?

allegory

similie

personification

metonymy
7 Who executes Love's will?

an attorney

blame

his sister

shame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

God's

the audience's

his mistress's

his mother's
9 What is a dirge?

a poem about a war

a mournful song

a tragic play

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

Sir Right

Love

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong
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?

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

he is cremated
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?

"Love is Dead"

"Sir Wrong"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?

Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 4

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 his winding-sheet

in his bed

in the speaker

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

only her own

the speaker's

God's

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?

after the speaker cheers up

in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves

never
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?

just deserts

the desert of the speaker's heart

time for dessert

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

sleep

his mistress

love itself

insanity

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