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 a wedding

to mourn the death of love

to celebrate easter

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

his faith and worth

his job

his family
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the prevelance of cheating

the high divorce rate

he's getting divorced

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

lawyers

their employers

their enemies
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because his mother has died

because love is dead

because they are at war

because he is sick
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
metonymy

personification

similie

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
blame

shame

an attorney

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

God's

his mother's

the audience'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?
Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Right

Sir Wrong

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

She is a doll

She is dead (just as is love)

She has transformed into stone
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 4

Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 2
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
he was confused

rage

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his bed

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart

in his winding-sheet
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
the speaker's

Love's

God's

only her own
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

an arid desert

time for dessert

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

his mistress

love itself

insanity

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