The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Romeo and Juliet

Love's Martyr

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Love's Labour's Lost
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Play

Sonnet

Anthem

Nondramatic poem
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Allegory

Allusion

Rant

Metaphor
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Swan

Crow

Bird of loudest lay

All of the above
5 What do the Phoenix and the Turtle represent?
Truth and beauty

The ideal love

Chastity

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The death of John Donne

The end of Shakespeare's love affair

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of Queen Elizabeth
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
Andrew Marvell

John Keats

Ben Jonson

John Wilmot
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

It killed the turtle-dove

It has grey feathers

It represents death
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Ban

Interrupt

Dictate

Invite
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
Sin

Resurrection

Transubstantiation

The Trinity
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Chaste

Passionate

Primordial

Carnal
12 Birds being able to marry and speak in the poem is an example of
Personification

Allusion

Allegory

Metaphor
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Crow

Phoenix

Eagle

Turtle
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
The chorus of birds

The Phoenix

The narrator

Reason
15 What happens to beauty and truth with the death of the two lovers?
They manifest in a new pair of lovers

They rise from the ashes

They go dormant

They die
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Guilt

Religion

Honesty

Eternal life
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
In an urn

On a funeral pyre

At the foot of the Arabian tree

In a grave
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Threnos

Obsequy

Anthem

Funeral
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To show how the lovers possess each other

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To point to a love beyond jealously

To make a point about mystical love and personality
20 "Twain" means
Between

Two

Trained

Twixt
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Ben Jonson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Salusbury

Queen Elizabeth
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
Wallace Stevens

James Joyce

Emily Dickinson

All of the above
23 What does "defunctive" mean?
Related to death

Related to music

Related to the color black

Related to things defective
24 What color is a surplice?
White

Black

Blood-red

Flame-colored
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Fuse but remain separate

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Become one person

Die in isolation

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