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 mourn the death of love

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?"

the high divorce rate

the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced
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 his mother has died

because he is sick

because love is dead
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?

personification

similie

metonymy

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?

his sister

shame

blame

an attorney
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

his mother's

his mistress's

the audience's

God's
9 What is a dirge?

a song of celebration

a poem about a war

a tragic play

a mournful song
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 has transformed into stone

She is a doll

She is dead (just as is love)

She is cold-hearted
12 Where is Love buried?

the speaker's mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery

he is cremated
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 2

Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 4
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?

he was confused

someone else told him so

rage

he meant to trick his mistress
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

the speaker's

Love's

only her own
18 When will Love wake up?

never

when the mistress finds what she deserves

in the morning

after the speaker cheers up
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?

the desert of the speaker's heart

an arid desert

just deserts

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

insanity

his mistress

sleep

love itself

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