The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Martyr

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's Sonnets
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Anthem

Sonnet

Nondramatic poem

Play
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Metaphor

Allegory

Rant

Allusion
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Crow

Bird of loudest lay

Swan

All of the above
5 What do the Phoenix and the Turtle represent?
The ideal love

Truth and beauty

Chastity

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The end of Shakespeare's love affair

The death of John Donne

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury
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?
It killed the turtle-dove

It represents death

It has grey feathers

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Dictate

Ban

Invite

Interrupt
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
The Trinity

Transubstantiation

Resurrection

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

Passionate

Carnal

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

Metaphor

Allusion

Allegory
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Turtle

Phoenix

Crow

Eagle
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
Reason

The Phoenix

The chorus of birds

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

They die

They rise from the ashes

They go dormant
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Guilt

Eternal life

Honesty

Religion
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
At the foot of the Arabian tree

In an urn

On a funeral pyre

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

Anthem

Obsequy

Threnos
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To show how the lovers possess each other

To make a point about mystical love and personality

To point to a love beyond jealously
20 "Twain" means
Twixt

Between

Trained

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

John Salusbury

Queen Elizabeth

Ralph Waldo Emerson
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
Emily Dickinson

James Joyce

Wallace Stevens

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

Related to death

Related to music

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

White

Flame-colored

Blood-red
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Die in isolation

Fuse but remain separate

Become one person

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